Hi Bryan,

Your Iggy is looking great.

I see you have offset the skeg and seeing that made me wonder. So, here is a question for you and all the other designers on this forum. Has a kayak ever been built with a skeg, (or two) built so that one of the inner trunk walls is actually the chine/side of the yak?? I mean the skeg would be right out along the chine, and if there were two, it would look sorta like a surf board....
I see Duane S posted a pic of a strap-on outer skeg/lee board, which also got me to thinking about this idea. With the skeg on the outer edge, there would not be that interior space issue I have heard mentioned,,,,

Anyway, just thinking out loud, so to speak, and asking....

Looking forward to seeing pics of your launch.

kelly t

I've worked a bit on my skeg in the last few days, and I've got the blade in.
: It's still a bit rough, but I thought I'd post a picture. This will be a
: wire controlled skeg --- bungee is so much easier. The skeg is offset from
: the centerline to help prevent jams during seal launches and also to help
: preserve the built-in skeg of the original Ken Taylor kayak.

: I have a bit of epoxy work today then sanding sanding sanding. I'm waiting of
: some epoxy mat to use for bulkheads and more epoxy, before I can put this
: baby together, but I'm shooting for end of May.