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 My solution came from Austin K. by way of Ana. It’s to use shower curtain holders and a rod to brace the footplate so it can’t move. Photo attached. These shower curtain holders are on the big side but my hope was to distribute the pressure so as not to bust a hole into the boat. Seems to be working. Squeak is reduced but not absent, esp. when I am really going for it with leg drive, as in a race, when I guess I don’t mind annoying my competition. I will never be stealthy like Thom P.
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 **Jon ****Denham **Apr 30 #31513
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 Interesting solution Denise.
-Have the same issue in a Swordfish S. The footrest was wearing through the gelcoat so I took the footrest out and added an approx 1/8 inch thick 'pad' of additional gelcoat there to keep the footrest from wearing a hole in the boat. (I have a sinking boat phobia. 🙂) This reduced the creaking and although the creaking still persists, I may now be less likely to go down with the sinking ship...
+Have the same issue in a Swordfish S. The footrest was wearing through the gelcoat so I took the footrest out and added an approx 1/8 inch thick 'pad' of additional gelcoat there to keep the footrest from wearing a hole in the boat. (I have a sinking boat phobia. 🙂) This reduced the creaking and although the creaking still persists, I may now be less likely to go down with the sinking ship…
 **gsouthstone **Apr 30 #31515
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 Gary
+**paul ****clement **Apr 30 #31521
+My Flex squeaks too… just like my Fenn.
+Sad.
+**Jon ****Denham **Apr 30 #31522
+Me too. I have wondered what would happen if I did cut off enough of the bottom of the footrest such that it wouldn’t touch the boat, but it seems like FENN may have designed the footrest to be supported by the bottom of the footwell such that it couldn’t take the stress of pushing hard without that support. IDK. But I hesitate to permanently change something where that may be the case.
+And, pushing with the heels…I’d like as much footrest contact on my heel as possible near the bottom of the footrest so trimming some off there may not be good for that either. That’s why the Ana/Denise solution seems interesting.
+I also wonder if a hard foam block could be carved to snugly take up that whole area where the ‘shower curtain rod’ is and provide the support such that the footrest doesn’t squeak. Glue it in? It’d be lightweight. That would also take up volume in the footwell…less water to slosh about and the footwell should drain faster. 🤷🏽‍♂️
+**Larry ****Bussinger **May 1 #31523
+Use Sugru. It’s a moldable glue. Look it up on google, it has a thousand uses. Just fold up a wad of it and put under the bottom edge. I have it on all my boats, and its hasn’t worn a bit. I put a wad of it on my coffee cup to rest my finger on. Its been through the washer everyday for the last 4-5 years and has shown no wear.
+Larry Bussinger
+**Larry Bussinger** May 1 #31524
+As an after thought, put it on the footbrace and let it dry before you let it touch the boat. It’ll not attach to the boat then.
+Larry Bussinger
+**gsouthstone **May 1 #31529
+Sugru is easy to DIY;
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+A mix of 1 corn starch to 1 silicone caulk will be like a putty in 1 to 2 minutes and can then be hand smoothed. In 3 or 4 minutes it will be like clay and can still be molded but is hard to smooth.
+G

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