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Re: Other: Retractable skeg control/slider? *LINK* *Pic*
By:Bryan Hansel
Date: 6/18/2008, 11:13 pm
In Response To: Re: Other: Retractable skeg control/slider? *LINK* (Kudzu)

: I would skip the bungee and just use a cable. It would make the design much
: simpler. Let me see if I can find a link to one I remember that might be
: what your looking for.

A bungee controlled skeg is much much easier to build, IMO. The wired skeg I'm building right now involves so many steps, and it's easy to kink a wire. I still haven't figured out a field maintainable way to easily change a kinked wire on the skeg I've built. So much easier with a NDK style through the deck bungee skeg.

Bungee TTD Skeg

Messages In This Thread

Other: Retractable skeg control/slider?
Todd Sullivan -- 6/16/2008, 5:28 pm
Re: Other: Retractable skeg control/slider?
Ed -- 6/17/2008, 6:47 pm
Re: Other: Retractable skeg control/slider?
Bryan Hansel -- 6/18/2008, 11:14 pm
Re: Other: Retractable skeg control/slider?
Todd Sullivan -- 6/20/2008, 1:12 pm
Re: Other: Retractable skeg control/slider?
Simeon -- 6/16/2008, 9:58 pm
Re: Other: Retractable skeg control/slider?
Reg Lake -- 7/3/2008, 3:57 pm
Re: Other: Retractable skeg control/slider?
Todd Sullivan -- 6/17/2008, 2:48 pm
Re: Other: Retractable skeg control/slider? *LINK*
Kudzu -- 6/17/2008, 4:19 pm
Re: Other: Retractable skeg control/slider? *LINK* *Pic*
Bryan Hansel -- 6/18/2008, 11:13 pm
Re: Other: Retractable skeg control/slider? *LINK*
Andy Waddington -- 7/3/2008, 7:36 am
Re: Other: Retractable skeg control/slider?
Bill Hamm -- 7/3/2008, 8:47 am
Re: Other: Retractable skeg control/slider?
Bryan Hansel -- 7/3/2008, 8:35 am
Re: Other: Retractable skeg control/slider?
Glen Smith -- 6/17/2008, 4:45 pm
Re: Other: Retractable skeg control/slider? *LINK*
Holmes -- 6/16/2008, 8:42 pm
Re: Other: Retractable skeg control/slider?
Kudzu -- 6/16/2008, 7:46 pm