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Re: Other: Bow skeg
By:Marc Upchurch
Date: 6/2/2015, 7:26 pm
In Response To: Re: Other: Bow skeg (Jay Babina)

A rudder won't work well without a centerboard.
There is nothing for it to cause the boat to pivot around.

Ok, I do agree it it probably better than nothing or just a skeg, but you need something to keep the boat from sliding sideways while you counter the wind pressure on the bow.

Sailboats represent a well understood system for control.

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Other: Bow skeg *PIC*
Etienne Muller -- 6/1/2015, 9:43 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/1/2015, 9:52 am
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Curtis Fisher -- 6/1/2015, 10:14 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/1/2015, 10:40 am
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Etienne Muller -- 6/1/2015, 12:09 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/1/2015, 12:16 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/1/2015, 12:20 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 6/1/2015, 2:01 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 6/1/2015, 2:33 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 6/1/2015, 3:47 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 6/1/2015, 8:37 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 6/1/2015, 3:08 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 6/1/2015, 4:03 pm
Paddling in Wind
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 6/1/2015, 5:29 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/1/2015, 5:47 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 6/1/2015, 5:56 pm
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Paul Davies. -- 6/1/2015, 4:32 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/1/2015, 5:52 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/1/2015, 8:03 pm
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Reg Lake -- 6/2/2015, 2:16 am
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Etienne Muller -- 6/2/2015, 4:13 am
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Jay Babina -- 6/2/2015, 6:13 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/2/2015, 7:26 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/2/2015, 9:38 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/3/2015, 12:21 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/3/2015, 8:15 am
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Bill Hamm -- 6/3/2015, 9:19 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/2/2015, 9:45 pm
Photo or not
J vanburen -- 6/2/2015, 6:57 am
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Etienne Muller -- 6/2/2015, 7:01 am