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Re: Strip: Guillemot handling - please help
By:David Humphries
Date: 8/23/2003, 6:48 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Guillemot handling - please help (Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks)

I suppose everyone but me knows this but I was reading an Icelandic saga (written about 920 ad )yesterday and came across the the surname Skegg it means beard which is a good description of what a skeg looks like I guess. Not sure why I am posting this but I thought it kind of interesting
David
: In the long run I think it really comes down to experience in the boat, but a
: skeg will help downwind tracking.

: Generally going down wind, the bow tends to bury a bit while the stern lifts.
: At this point the stern is loose while the bow is stiff so the stern gets
: pushed off to one side. A skeg will tend to help against this problem.

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Strip: Guillemot handling - please help
JJ Atkinson -- 8/22/2003, 1:34 pm
Re: Strip: Guillemot handling - please help
jw -- 8/25/2003, 4:50 pm
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jw -- 8/25/2003, 4:42 pm
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Kurt Hoffman -- 8/26/2003, 10:20 am
Re: Strip: Guillemot handling - please help *LINK*
Kendall Demaree -- 8/26/2003, 5:23 pm
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Jim Reid -- 8/23/2003, 7:03 am
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Lennie Hawkins -- 8/22/2003, 7:24 pm
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JJ Atkinson -- 8/22/2003, 7:33 pm
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Lennie Hawkins -- 8/25/2003, 10:29 am
slightly off topic: Granville Island - Today!
Ian in Vancouver -- 8/22/2003, 6:42 pm
Re: slightly off topic: Granville Island - Today!
mike allen -- 8/25/2003, 6:27 pm
Re: slightly off topic: Granville Island - Today! *LINK* *Pic*
John Schroeder -- 8/26/2003, 12:49 am
it was Ken's boat
Frank Eberdt -- 8/26/2003, 8:49 am
skip my previous question...
Frank Eberdt -- 8/26/2003, 8:50 am
Re: Strip: Guillemot handling - please help
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 8/22/2003, 3:14 pm
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JJ Atkinson -- 8/22/2003, 3:25 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 8/22/2003, 3:30 pm
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Kurt Hoffman -- 8/26/2003, 10:25 am
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David Humphries -- 8/23/2003, 6:48 am
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jesper bach -- 8/27/2003, 10:39 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 8/22/2003, 2:51 pm