Removing the old footrests

I needed to take out the fittings for the old failsafe footrest, since they were cutting into my legs. The bits of foam needed replacing as well, since they were absorbing water.

I've no idea what the correct way of doing this might be but the job was soon halfway there with some brutal use of a rotary cutting tool, a chisel and some twisting on the fitting.
The other side came out pretty easily too.
I then fitted a big block of ethafoam in front of the bulkhead to serve as a footrest. A bit of a paddle on the canal as a test worked to show that the boat was now much more comfortable.