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Re: Strip: How Big is Your Skeg?
By:Lewishb
Date: 4/29/2012, 8:37 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: How Big is Your Skeg? (Bob Johns)

Most of the DownEast wood boats had a "sacrifice board" screwed into the bottom of their keel / skeg ...... If the keel / skeg got damaged or worm eaten they replaced the board.... fyo, they sandwiched a piece of tar paper in between the keel and sacrifice board to stop any worms.....
it seems to me with a wood kayak that would be a really good idea to do this as the skeg is going to get damaged soon enough.........

Messages In This Thread

Strip: How Big is Your Skeg?
John Messinger -- 4/29/2012, 1:55 pm
Re: Strip: How Big is Your Skeg?
Kevin Greer -- 4/29/2012, 3:14 pm
Re: Strip: How Big is Your Skeg?
Etienne Muller -- 4/29/2012, 6:23 pm
Re: Strip: How Big is Your Skeg?
Kevin Greer -- 4/29/2012, 8:50 pm
Re: Strip: How Big is Your Skeg?
Etienne Muller -- 4/30/2012, 3:16 am
Re: Strip: How Big is Your Skeg?
Bob Johns -- 4/29/2012, 7:21 pm
Re: Strip: How Big is Your Skeg?
Lewishb -- 4/29/2012, 8:37 pm
Re: Strip: How Big is Your Skeg?
Bill Hamm -- 4/30/2012, 2:51 am
Re: Strip: How Big is Your Skeg?
Jay Babina -- 4/30/2012, 10:13 am
Re: Strip: How Big is Your Skeg?
Bob Johns -- 4/30/2012, 5:25 pm
Re: Strip: How Big is Your Skeg?
John Messinger -- 5/2/2012, 6:30 am