Point 65 RUDDER KIT User manual

Rudder kit
installation guide

How to install the Rudder kit
The Point65 Rudder has been designed to t all the
Point65 models (not modular kayaks)
The Rudder installation kit
The installation kit includes these parts:
1. Rudder pedals
2. Rudder
3. Rudder pull up package includes:
Ø 5,5mm line (1,5m)
Cord Locker
Decktting No 3
5mm Screw for decktting
4. 2mm Rudderline with kevlar core 2x5m
5. Mini Line Lockers
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3. 4.
The following tools are needed to install the Rudder kit:
ø5mm drill
Phillips bit / screw driver
Socket wrench for 5mm nut
Before you attach them to the side of the hull, make
sure to insert the screw all the way through to clear
the excess nylon material which might be blocking the
brass threads. This is easier to do before attaching them
to the hull.
Unscrew the foot rests from the outside and replace
them with the Rudder pedals which use the same
screws. The pedals are marked “L” and “R” on the green
handles.
After attaching the rudder pedals make sure to make
a bowline knot at the end of the line (if there isn’t one
allready) The loop should be approx 3cm at the end.

5.
Take the rudder line and push it through the rudder line
tubes at the back of the kayak, until they emerge in the
cockpit beside the seat.
On each side, inside the cockpit, attach the mini-line
lockers as shown in th eimages 6-8.
1. First thread the line through the hole at the pointy
side of the locker from below.
8.
2. Thread it through the loop at the end of the Rudder
pedal line and back towards the mini line locker.
3. Thread the line through the bottom of the other end
of the mini line locker as shown above and make a knot
at the end.
9.
The line can now be adjusted with the mini line locker.
The line is tightened in the locker by pulling the locker
backward.
The line is unlocked by spreading the line outward as
shown above.
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Pull the end of the Rudder line loop through the hole in
the rudder “wing”.
After pulling it through, bend it back over the “wing”
and place the end of the loop into the groove above the
hole through which it was pulled at the start.
Tighten the rudderlines when sitting in the cockpit by
adjusting the mini-line lockers. To tighten, pull the
mini-line locker towards the back.
Lock the rudder in place by turning it as shown above.
Make a bowline knot at the end of each line line (if
there isn’t one allready).
The loop should be approx 3cm long at the end.
Attach the rudder by turning it all the way to starboard
as shown above. The at area at the end of the rudder
pin should face backwards. Insert it all the way down
into the rudder sleeve.
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Finally, install the pull up line for the rudder, by rst fas-
tening the deck tting included in the pull up package
with the included screw into the insert on the deck.
If there isn’t a molded in brass insert in this area, you
will need to drill a hole through the deck, using the
5mm drill.
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Adjust the position of the cordlocker at a comfortable
place where you easily can pull up the rudder from the
cockpit by pushing the cord locker forward, you can cut
the excess lines and seal the ends with a butane lighter
or similar.
You pull up the rudder by pushing the top of the cord-
locker down and pulling it forward
Attach the deck tting with the screwdriver and socket
wrench. The washer should be added before the nut un-
der the deck. Pull the pull up line attached to the rudder
through the holes closest to the edge of the kayak.
Then put the line with the cord locker through the
holes closest to the cockpit. Make a knot at the end.
Put the other end of the line with the cord locker into
the deck line in front of the cockpit. Pull tight and make
knot
The rudder is in down position when cordlocker is
pulled back wards
Front end of line
with cord locker
18.
Line with
cord locker Make knot at the
end of this line
Pull up line attached
to rudder
20.
Cord locker