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Strip: Skeg Consequences

By:Mike Bielski
Date: 5/27/2011, 12:25 pm

When considering the addition of a skeg, it will help with tracking, but:

How much drag does it produce when it's down?

In choppy conditions, how often is the skeg out of the water and not doing any good?

When the skeg is retracted, how much drag does the open slot in the hull produce?

What is the best way to minimize these effects?

Strip: Skeg Consequences
Mike Bielski -- 5/27/2011, 12:25 pm

Re: Strip: Skeg Consequences
Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 5/27/2011, 6:37 pm

Re: Strip: Skeg Consequences
Reg Lake -- 5/28/2011, 12:26 am

Re: Strip: Skeg Consequences
Mike Bielski -- 5/28/2011, 12:41 am

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Reg Lake -- 5/28/2011, 1:10 am

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Reg Lake -- 5/28/2011, 1:35 am

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Mike Bielski -- 5/28/2011, 8:13 am

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Reg Lake -- 5/28/2011, 12:09 pm

Re: Strip: Skeg Consequences
Mike Savage -- 5/28/2011, 9:00 am

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PatrickC -- 5/28/2011, 9:20 am

Re: Strip: Skeg Consequences
mtkayak (Mike Trutwin) -- 5/28/2011, 11:30 pm

Re: Strip: Skeg Consequences
Bill Hamm -- 5/29/2011, 1:46 am

Re: Strip: Skeg Consequences
Charles Robinson -- 5/29/2011, 10:15 am

Re: Strip: Skeg Consequences
Mike Bielski -- 5/29/2011, 12:34 pm

Re: Strip: Skeg Consequences
Bill Hamm -- 5/30/2011, 12:17 am

Re: Strip: Skeg Consequences
Jay Babina -- 5/30/2011, 7:32 am

Re: Strip: Skeg Consequences
Mike Bielski -- 5/30/2011, 8:09 am

Re: Strip: Skeg Consequences
Eric Mattison -- 5/31/2011, 1:31 pm

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