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Re: Strip: Skeg Consequences
By:Mike Bielski
Date: 5/28/2011, 12:41 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Skeg Consequences (Reg Lake)

Hi Reg-

I was kind of hoping you would reply. I've watched your skeg/"skeel" demo videos. I've run across a couple of Illusions (which are pretty rare in the Great Lakes), but I didn't really look at the skeg very closely.

So aside from performance-

Are you saying that the blade tapers along its length? Does the slot in the skeg box then taper as well? What material is the skeg made from? I am thinking of a rope-control version similar to the P&H skegs, which kind of necessitates a wider slot, at least at the axle. My overall concern is not disrupting the existing handling or performance, but giving me a helping hand in strong wind conditions, now that I've lost some weight and am a bit over 20# under the boat's designed paddler weight.

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Messages In This Thread

Strip: Skeg Consequences
Mike Bielski -- 5/27/2011, 12:25 pm
Re: Strip: Skeg Consequences
Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 5/27/2011, 6:37 pm
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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
Re: Strip: Skeg photos *PIC*
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
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Mike Savage -- 5/28/2011, 9:00 am
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PatrickC -- 5/28/2011, 9:20 am
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mtkayak (Mike Trutwin) -- 5/28/2011, 11:30 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/29/2011, 1:46 am
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Charles Robinson -- 5/29/2011, 10:15 am
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Mike Bielski -- 5/29/2011, 12:34 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/30/2011, 12:17 am
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Jay Babina -- 5/30/2011, 7:32 am
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Mike Bielski -- 5/30/2011, 8:09 am
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Eric Mattison -- 5/31/2011, 1:31 pm