: 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.........

Fairly big difference between a traditional boat that's impossible to lift out of the water without using the tides and a kayak that's really easy to lift onto shore. Also big difference between a weighted centerboard that may well weigh a ton or more and a kayak's skeg that might weigh a few ounces. One is really difficult to remove, one is really easy.

Bill H.