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Re: Material: Surf board fins... uh, or kayak skeg
By:Dale Frolander
Date: 3/16/2003, 2:42 am

Looks good. Remember not to add too much as it makes a bigger difference than most people would think. Yours looks about right if you're building a guillemot. That is a guillemot isn't it?

My kayak turned easier than a guillemot (every paddle stroke would make it turn and it took total concentration to keep it going straight). While I added about 2" at the most extreme location, it was never lower than the bottom of the kayak (I wanted to be able to sit in the kayak on the grass and not be sitting on the fin). The fin made it track a lot better.

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Material: Surf board fins... uh, or kayak skegs??? *LINK* *Pic*
Malcolm Schweizer -- 3/14/2003, 11:12 pm
Re: Material: Surf board fins... uh, or kayak skeg *LINK*
Don Lucas -- 3/15/2003, 12:38 am
Re: Material: Surf board fins... uh, or kayak skeg
Malcolm Schweizer -- 3/15/2003, 10:29 am
Re: Material: Surf board fins... uh, or kayak skeg *LINK* *Pic*
Charles Leach -- 3/15/2003, 10:42 am
Re: Material: Surf board fins... uh, or kayak skeg
Dale Frolander -- 3/16/2003, 2:42 am
Re: Material: Surf board fins... uh, or kayak skeg *LINK* *Pic*
Charles Leach -- 3/16/2003, 11:36 am
Re: Material: Surf board fins... uh, or kayak skeg
Malcolm Schweizer -- 3/16/2003, 9:04 am
another pic of fin - different angle *Pic*
Charles Leach -- 3/15/2003, 10:52 am
Re: another pic of fin - different angle
Malcolm Schweizer -- 3/15/2003, 11:39 am
Re: Too Much Skeg *LINK* *Pic*
Dave Houser -- 3/15/2003, 8:45 pm
"Skegfins" ? ? ? :)
Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/15/2003, 12:29 am
Re: "Skegfins" ? ? ? :)
Malcolm Schweizer -- 3/15/2003, 10:14 am