: After using this skeg last night, it was a lot less noisy when deployed. It

: Due to the increased thickness of the new skeg, I would actually expect the
: new one to have a little more drag when going straight.

Interesting. Even if there's turbulent flow behind the old, thinner skeg?

: But if the water
: attacks the blade at an angle, the foil shape should be more efficient.
: Since a skeg is used when the boat is being pushed off course, I expect
: the new skeg should be more efficient most of the time.

I hate to say it, but since I use the skeg only about 2% of the time, most of my exercise was academic.

The Avocet just doesn't have the maneuverability of my Guillemot...even with the skeg up! *sigh*

Shawn