: Thanks for the input. I took the kayak out the other day when I
: fitted the quick test skeg and the wind was very mellow but
: still enough to push the back of the boat a little bit. I was
: taking an educated guess that in harsher conditions it would be
: just right. I asked this question a couple of weeks ago and got
: a response from tony olson ( i think) that he put the same style
: of skeg on the same boat but it was 1 inch and was border line
: to much so I tried 3/4. I am quite worried about putting in too
: much but I guess that I could always dumb it down if need be
: (pain in the ass).

: dave g

When I added a fixed skeg I oversized it (slightly leecocking) and then filed it smaller between crosswind test paddles until I got the kayak trimmed the way I liked it.

Dave