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Mounting instructions for the
Rotatable Footstrap Plate
“This instruction will show you the usual mounting steps and point out different fine tuning possibilities to
get the best out of this product.” (A Quick Guide can be watched at sportsgear-solutions.com )
The use of the Rotatable Plate gives a much wider position range for your leg, so you will probably end with a
position 2-4 cm towards the board’s nose (compared with your current fixed strap position).
The Rotatable Plate has a range of 55 degrees turning angle to each side. About 10-15 degrees can be added,
because your foot also can turn within the strap (depending on your strap-type and –setup).
Now your leg can move forward/backward approx. 10-15 cm (depending on your foot size).
1. The plate mounted onto the deck pad of your board
This solution is needed for first trials, finding the correct position on your board and also for users want to shift
the setup often.
2. The plate mounted onto the boards deck, with deck pad around
This solution can be chosen, when you know your preferred plate position. Depending on the thickness of your
deck pad, the step from deck pad onto the rotatable plate is less compared to setup 1.
This solution demands the removal of your deck pad with a diameter of approx. 21 cm (8,27 inch)
3. The plate mounted onto the boards deck + soft Outer Foot Pad around.
The most comfortable solution, after your preferred position is found. Your heel and the fore foot are on the
same level and the heel stands on a soft dual layer pad.
This solution demands the removal of your deck pad with a diameter of approx. 36 cm (14,17 inch).
4. Twintip board setup with soft outer foot pad for the heel
This setup applies to bidirectional boards using threaded plugs and there is no deck pad on the board.
***The following pages will describe each setup***
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Overview for “Rotatable Foot Strap Plate” features
Begin with the foot strap mounting
Many types of foot straps can be used on the Rotatable Plate. Depending on sailing bare feet, with shoes and
your foot size you may want to do some fine tuning to achieve god comfort. Turning and “locking” your foot
position depends on your strap adjustment.
Forget about “loose strap fit” - try to achieve a firm connection to your board.
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Remove the existing foot strap from your board. The strap screws should later be used for mounting the
rotatable plate on the board.
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The usual setup for the strap on the outer ring would be using the
delivered self tapping screws (Ø 4.8 mm) combined with the washers or
similar (flat plate) from your straps.
(Use the blue marked holes for a usual single strap.)
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To achieve a strong connection for the strap screws (blue part on
the picture), they need to reach minimum 6 mm (4 full turns) into the
pre-drilled holes.
Only use the pre-drilled holes. Make sure that the screws do not get
through the bottom, or rotation will be limited and your board gets
scratched on the deck. (2 lengths of screws are delivered)
Too long screws should be cut off 1 mm before reaching the bottom.
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Optional: For very thick and soft foot straps place the delivered Distance
Piece between the strap and the Outer Ring (1.5 mm thick, yellow/green
on the picture). This way you avoid interference which will limit the back
rotation of the Outer Ring with the strap.
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Optional: If you want the strap to fit to a smaller foot size, you can use
the delivered Strap Guides (4 mm thick, yellow on picture).The Strap
Guides will decrease the straps width by approximately 1.5 cm each side
(change from 18 cm => 15 cm). A longer screw set for this setup is also delivered.
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After finding the correct screw length for your needed setup, remove the
strap to ease the mounting procedure on your board.
1. The plate mounted onto the deck pad
of your board
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Check that the screws fit the plugs depth:
.
Below the screws head you need:
Center disc thickness, (grey part)
5.0 mm
+
Thickness of deck pad, (green part)
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mm
The rubber string has to be fixed in the clamp cleat on the
Center Discs edge before mounting the disc onto the board.
Slide the string into the slit and pull until the end is even with
the surface (green arrows direction). The strings end has a
stiff endpoint for locking (hot melted / glued).
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Place the Outer Ring on the boards deck, followed by the
Center Disc
Orientation:
Front foot setup: Green arrow towards the boards nose
Back foot setup: Green arrow towards the boards tail
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Insert 2 screws into the Center Disc.
Use one screw for the pre-drilled holes and the second screw
in the slot (Blue arrows). Holes and slot are designed for Ø 5
mm, but may be extended to Ø 6 for threaded plugs.
(If you want to mount a rotating plate for the BACK FOOT on a wave board,
you may need to use the 2 slots to reach the plugs next to your boards
centerline. Many boards only have plugs next to the center fin box.)
** For other types of plug positions see the last page of this instruction **
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Tighten both screws until the screws head begins to force the
Center Disc onto the deck pad and start to make 1/4 turns
simultaneously. Tighten only so far that there is still free space for
the Outer Ring to move easily.
The Outer Ring has an offset of approx. 1.3 mm from the boards
surface to move freely. (green arrow)
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Soft deck pads can limit the rotation:
When the center disc gets forced too much down onto the deck pad (to achieve a solid screw connection for
the system), the Outer Ring may not rotate.
To lift up the whole system, place the delivered plastic plates (3 mm,
illustrated red on upper picture) between the deck pad and the center
disc. Guide the screws through the plate’s hole. See photo =>
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Board decks with a very convex shape will cause the Center Disc to move
a little over the board’s centerline (tilting). In this case you can mount the
delivered rubber strips on the bottom of the Center Disc. =>
Screw connections for board plugs with thread
Mounting threaded screws into plugs with metal inserts result in very low friction resistance. Always
pay attention to your screw fixation, when using this setup with deck pad below the Center Disc.
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Pull the free end of the rubber string through the hole as shown.
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Mount the foot strap onto the Outer Ring, with the rubber string between
(green). The slit gives later the possibility to adjust the strings tension.
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Secure the string with a knot
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2-4 cm pre-tension are
adequate to turn the strap
back to initial position
< Strap guides are optional
< Distance pieces are optional
2. The plate mounted onto the boards deck, with deck pad around
This setup is similar to 1, but needs a cut out in the deck pad:

Put the complete plate without the strap onto the deck pad. Find your
plate position, insert the screws and tighten just slightly.
Hold a pen/marker towards the outside edge of the Outer Ring (blue
circle).
Use the pen/marker to force the Outer Ring against the Center Disc and
draw a clear line around, 3-4 mm offset the Outer Ring’s edge.
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Remove the Rotatable Plate and use a sharp knife/blade and
cut the drawn outline carefully, so you can remove the deck pad
as on the picture.
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Compare your screw length for the Center Disc with your plugs,
now that you have removed a certain layer of deck pad.
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Mount the Rotatable Plate onto your board as in setup 1.
3. The plate mounted onto the boards deck,
with the Outer Foot Pad around.
This setup is similar to 1, but needs preparation of the deck pad.
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Preparing the deck:
Mount the complete rotating plate onto your deck pad.
Take the first piece of the Outer Foot Pad (do not remove the
cover tape yet) and keep it “hand fixed” around the Ring.
Turn and move the Outer Ring and make sure it can’t touch the
Outer Foot Pad (approx. 3 mm offset). Then draw a clear line
around the Outer Foot Pad. Repeat this for the second piece
and remove the Rotatable Plate from your board.
Use a sharp knife/blade and cut the drawn outline carefully, so
you can remove the deck pad as on the picture.
To achieve good adhesion of your new Outer Foot Pad
remember to clean your deck properly.
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Compare your screw length for the Center Disc with your plugs,
now that you have removed a certain layer of deck pad.
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Mount the Rotatable Plate onto your board as in setup 1.
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Attach the Outer Foot Pad with firm pressure.
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4. Twintip board setup with soft Outer Footpad for the heel
The footstrap setup is similar to 1.
Most original asymmetric twintip straps
can be used.
The rotatable plate for each foot should
be mounted with a soft outer footpad as
shown.
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Use the delivered self tapping
screws to mount the straps on the
outer ring.
1 screw in each side mounted with
minimum 4 full turns.
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Check your boards screws for the correct length:
The screw has to tighten the center disc towards
the boards deck.
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If the screw head fits into the countersink, you need 5
mm below the screw head + plug depth (see picture)
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You may only extend 1 of the countersink holes and
the slot countersink up to Ø12 mm to fit bigger screw
heads.
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Screws with very flat heads (and bigger screw heads than Ø10 mm) may be used to contact the top surface
of the center disc. Then you need 9 mm below the screw head + plug depth.
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Most threaded screws are M6 mm, so you may extend the needed screw holes with a drill size Ø6 mm.
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Orientation:
The green arrow should point to the board’s tip.
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Use 1 of the 4 holes (left) and the center slot (right)
(see blue arrows)
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OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION
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Different plug positions and types: There
are boards with single rows and also double
rows of plugs.
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For double rows the screws for the
Center Disc can be mounted diagonal
(see blue or green dots) as shown and
the rubber string can be moved to the
next slit.
This way the strap still follows the
boards’ centerline.
Adjustment the strap to your foot size to achieve the correct
function
o
Choose your strap size, so your heel stands outside the
Outer Ring (when forced completely into the strap)
o
For small feet go to a larger strap width as illustrated on the
picture (increase the green arrow length)
o
For moving even further away from the centerline of the
plate, it is possible to mount 2 straps next to each other.
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Avoid unnecessary wear of the Rotatable Plate
o When the system is filled with sand from the beach, you
should not rotate before you get into the water.
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If you need more choices to place the plate on your boards existing plugs you can add max. 2 more
holes as described in the following figure. Drill Ø 5-6 mm from the bottom.
The needed countersink for the screw head on the topside should not exceed 3.5 mm depth.
This setup has been tested to withstand at least 90 kg pull (see the website). Do not add more holes.
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We advise to check the product for extensive wear, fatigue and deficient screw connections frequently.
If you have questions or comments about this product and
procedures write to mail@sportsgear-solutions.com
Our website www.sportsgear-solutions.com shows more
pictures and also videos for setup.
The Rotatable Footstrap Plate has been developed in
Klitmøller, “The Cold Hawaii”, in Denmark/Europe.