Jeff,

Do you know which volume of wooden boat had the skeg design. I am considering building one for my guilemot and would like to review some designs. Any pictures of yours that you can share?

Hi all I have installed a skeg on my Chesapeake 17. It is the retractable
> design that was originally used on the Seguin (I think the spelling is
> correct)and has been written up in Wooden Boat. I did some quick surfing
> and could not find the links, so you are on your own for details. The skeg
> essentially duplicated the design in WB except that I did not use a bungie
> to pull it in the water and the pivot is a little different. My
> incarnation uses a rope to pull in both directions with a pully at the
> stern for direction changes. Nothing but positive comments. With the thing
> fully dropped a one armed Eskimo would track straight enought to get his
> whale. I am really pleased with it so far, but am a relative newbie to the
> whole sea kayaking affair and will not gone out on the high seas until I
> get more proficient. I have has some experience with a strong tail wind
> and wavesw on a large inland lake and it worked well. I would not build
> another boat without one.

> Anybody make it to the CLC affair? I was going, but got awarded a free
> ticket to Korea by my employer the following Monday and had to pass. I was
> wondering how it compared to the New Found rendevous in NH last summer.
> There was some really great furniture that people threw in the lake and
> paddled around at that one.

> Anyone in the Albany NY area that wants to paddle, give me an email.