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Re: retractable skeg
By:Greg Steeves
Date: 2/2/1999, 11:57 pm
In Response To: Re: retractable skeg (Nick Schade)

> By placing the skeg farther back, you will make it more effective.
> "As far back as it fits" may not be as far back as it at first
> appears. With the tube for the control rope sticking up (on the P&H skeg I
> installed) the skeg box needs quite a bit of height in order to fit.

> The hardest part of retro-fitting a skeg is getting glass all the way
> around the skeg-box. This is easiest when the deck is not attached.

What dimension was the box and how did you mount the control cable?

TOA

Greg

Messages In This Thread

retractable skeg
Greg -- 1/28/1999, 11:06 pm
Re: retractable skeg
Dave Dufour -- 2/19/1999, 10:53 pm
Re: retractable skeg
Pete Rudie -- 2/7/1999, 5:39 pm
Re: Shop Built Retractable Skeg Idea
Mike Allen -- 2/9/1999, 10:52 pm
Re:Refinements
Mike Allen -- 2/10/1999, 12:04 am
Re:Refinements II
Mike Allen -- 2/10/1999, 9:14 pm
Re: retractable skeg
Greg Steeves -- 2/8/1999, 12:15 am
Re: retractable skeg
Pete Rudie -- 2/8/1999, 3:42 pm
Re: retractable skeg
Nick Schade -- 1/29/1999, 9:55 am
Re: retractable skeg
Fritjof Karlsson -- 2/2/1999, 2:29 am
Re: retractable skeg
Nick Schade -- 2/2/1999, 3:24 pm
Re: retractable skeg
Greg Steeves -- 2/2/1999, 11:57 pm
Re: retractable skeg
Nick Schade -- 2/3/1999, 9:08 am
Re: retractable skeg
Greg Steeves -- 2/4/1999, 12:14 am