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Re: Strip: skeg on petrel
By:Mike Bielski
Date: 10/17/2016, 4:27 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: skeg on petrel (Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks)

You are correct- only sometimes. And you can't even say quartering, either. I run into guys who paddle Night Herons on the ocean, and they say that you don't need a skeg, and I'm sure that what they say is accurate for their conditions. I can count on one hand how many times I have seen bona fide swells on the Great Lakes, and they probably never see 4'-6' waves as steep and close as I see. Overall- I love the NH design. It is well balanced and obviously if I've gone almost 8 years without a skeg it may not be of great use...

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howard -- 10/15/2016, 6:12 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 10/15/2016, 6:23 pm
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wysedav -- 10/15/2016, 8:40 pm
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Tom C -- 10/16/2016, 12:10 am
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wysedav -- 10/16/2016, 9:33 am
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Mike Bielski -- 10/15/2016, 10:06 pm
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Bob Ten Eyck -- 10/15/2016, 11:04 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 10/17/2016, 1:22 am
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Ken Blanton -- 10/17/2016, 5:39 am
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Dan Thaler -- 10/17/2016, 6:20 am
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Mike Bielski -- 10/17/2016, 6:34 am
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Bob Ten Eyck -- 10/17/2016, 8:41 am
skeg history
jaybabina -- 10/17/2016, 8:55 am
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Mike Bielski -- 10/17/2016, 10:26 am
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Etienne Muller -- 10/17/2016, 10:59 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 10/17/2016, 12:09 pm
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jaybabina -- 10/17/2016, 4:51 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/17/2016, 7:21 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 10/18/2016, 8:08 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 10/18/2016, 10:45 am
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Mike Bielski -- 10/18/2016, 2:54 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/18/2016, 6:02 pm
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bsoderholm -- 10/19/2016, 11:11 am
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Mike Bielski -- 10/17/2016, 12:23 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 10/17/2016, 12:53 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 10/17/2016, 4:34 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 10/17/2016, 2:43 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 10/17/2016, 4:27 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/17/2016, 3:07 pm