: I finished my Guillemot L about a month ago. I think I would like to improve
: the tracking a bit, but I don't really want to add the complexity of a
: rudder. I just want to make it so that I don't need to make as many
: corrective steering strokes in waves or wind and I don't want to slow down
: the boat.

: I was considering adding a skeg, but I'm not really sure what the best size
: or location would be. I was initially thinking of a tear-dropped shape,
: maybe 8 inches long by 4 inches deep located about 2 feet from the stern.

: Any other suggestions?

: Wade

Hey Wade,

I'm working on my Guillemot "L" now, hoping to get it in the water by the end of the month - I HOPE _ I HOPE!! I added a little extra (fin) on the stern stem piece to tighten the tracking during the stripping process. I figured I could sand it off if I didn't need it, easier than I could add it later if I did need it. The pic below doesn't show what I did very well.

But, if you can find the pic of the fin that Dale Frolander added to "DreamWeaver", you'll get an excellent shot of the detail. Dale said that it really tightened up the tracking. Maybe a search of the archives will turn up the link to the pic - I think it was on a Yahoo website. I kept that pic/website laying by my cpu for a long time, but, I guess it got lost during "high tide" a couple of weeks ago!

Happy Building.

Charles.