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Re: Strip: skeg
By:Chris Wynne
Date: 10/15/2012, 8:45 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: skeg (Nick Riccardi)

: That is Nick Shade's Night Heron when trial tested it weather
: cocked quite a bit but the skeg helped. The skeg was tapered
: from 3/4 to 3/8 x16" long,if I was to do again I would
: increase the width to about 1" or slightly more. The great
: part is NO surgery and trial and error can be used very easly
: Best Nick R.

Nick,

I've just finished a Night Heron and used it twice so far. I have found that if the boat is allowed to just slightly drift either left or right it's almost like a rudder is hard over and the boat really wants to go hard right or hard left. Would the skeg partially solve this?

Messages In This Thread

Strip: skeg *PIC*
Nick Riccardi -- 10/14/2012, 10:46 pm
Re: Strip: skeg
Chris Wynne -- 10/15/2012, 5:58 pm
Re: Strip: skeg
Nick Riccardi -- 10/15/2012, 6:21 pm
Re: Strip: skeg
Chris Wynne -- 10/15/2012, 8:45 pm
Re: Strip: skeg
ancient kayaker -- 10/15/2012, 11:06 pm
Re: Strip: skeg
Bill Hamm -- 10/16/2012, 1:40 am
Re: Strip: skeg
Nick Riccardi -- 10/16/2012, 3:55 am