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Re: Strip: Terrible Tracking
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 8/5/2011, 3:11 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Terrible Tracking (Dave Houser)

: A deployable skeg is a great solution for a kayak that
: weathercocks. For a deployable skeg to be most beneficial, the
: kayak needs to weathercock when the skeg is up, leecock when the
: skeg is down, and of course the skeg has to be adjustable to
: anywhere in between. However, a skeg box with a deployable skeg
: is a lot more work to make and install than slapping on a fixed
: skeg and deployable skegs a more susceptible to failure.
: Dave

Very slight leecocking with the skeg down is ok, but if possible best if this is avoided. If the skeg jams down and it leecocks you can be in serious trouble.

Bill H.

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Strip: Terrible Tracking *PIC*
Nick Riccardi -- 8/1/2011, 5:02 pm
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Glen Smith -- 8/1/2011, 6:08 pm
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Ian Cummins -- 8/1/2011, 6:15 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 8/1/2011, 6:24 pm
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Doug S -- 8/2/2011, 8:59 am
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Ric Moodie -- 8/1/2011, 6:24 pm
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Allan -- 8/1/2011, 6:27 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 8/1/2011, 7:02 pm
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John Caldeira -- 8/1/2011, 8:28 pm
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Jeff Horton -- 8/1/2011, 10:26 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 8/2/2011, 5:21 pm
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Dave Houser -- 8/3/2011, 7:22 pm
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 8/4/2011, 4:54 am
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Dave Houser -- 8/5/2011, 1:18 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/5/2011, 3:11 am
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Dave Houser -- 8/5/2011, 3:38 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/6/2011, 2:49 am
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 8/6/2011, 4:01 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/7/2011, 3:03 am