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Re: Other: Plastic Skegs
By:Shawn Baker
Date: 7/12/2003, 11:46 am
In Response To: Re: Other: Plastic Skegs (mike allen)

: Did you
: foil only in/along the waterline and not in the box for more lateral
: stiffness/strength and less water infiltration?

Sort of...the foil shape runs up the entire back end of the skeg..part of this is always in the box; if I'd had more time, I could have left the upper part square, but it would have been more difficult to fair.

The top edge of the triangular skeg is all square.

: (Cable/wire problem: Unfortunately this skeg geometry itself contributes to
: wire kinking. Because of its cutaway end, this skeg has to deploy more to
: achieve a given lateral area, than if the whole skeg was pie-slice shaped.
: altho the rear of the box would be bigger, the whole skeg size and also
: deployment wire extension could be less for the same effect.) (and if ever
: going backwards, maybe even safer)

: anyway, thoughts for another time.
: -mick

Messages In This Thread

Other: Plastic Skegs *Pic*
Shawn Baker -- 7/11/2003, 3:31 pm
Re: Other: Plastic Skegs
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 7/12/2003, 10:20 am
Re: Other: Plastic Skegs
Shawn Baker -- 7/12/2003, 11:51 am
Re: Other: Plastic Skegs
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 7/12/2003, 2:54 pm
Re: Other: Plastic Skegs
Don Lucas -- 7/11/2003, 7:24 pm
Re: Non-jam fixes
Shawn Baker -- 7/12/2003, 11:48 am
Re: Other: Plastic Skegs
JJ Atkinson -- 7/11/2003, 8:10 pm
Re: Other: Plastic Skegs
Don Lucas -- 7/12/2003, 10:17 am
Re: Other: Plastic Skegs
mike allen -- 7/11/2003, 7:43 pm
Re: Other: Plastic Skegs
mike allen -- 7/11/2003, 6:22 pm
Re: Other: Plastic Skegs
Shawn Baker -- 7/12/2003, 11:46 am