> Don't know abt the skeg but would agree to glass the i/s 1st

> However on the pegs. Mounting thru the yak is a no go if you care about
> the aesthetics. And I would say that mounting them on blocks on the i/s is
> a big waste of precious foot space unless yer twinkletoes. (I think I've
> got a coupla sets and their channels are annoyingly too wide.). So why not
> just glue them in tight w/ polyurethane? Or mount small L shaped blocks
> tight BEYOND and BEFORE the channel therebye jamming it in and saving 1/2
> to 1/4 in ea side. You could even put a coupla small (small) blocks over
> and under to minimize rotation.

> Then you have a bit more space to mount the footpump.

> -mick

Was walking along last nite after making this last post and recalled something that I think Rehd was talking about a while back.(maybe Spidey). I'm still talking about a real tight mount.

Anyway the topic was bedding the barrel of a long gun in glass in order to increase support and therebye increasing accuracy. It's an obvious no brainer mounting technique for these types of pegs.

Now, I would make a simple form to do this, for neatness and weight - but this is the idea:

Take the peg track, wax it, and spray w/ hairspray.( watersoluble release, covers up the toejam smell maybe even) Drill a 1/8in hole vertically(from mounting orientation) thru the track 1/2 in from the front. Mask the interior side. Take some glass tape (say 1in wide) and wrap a few layers around this front end. Epoxy the top, side and bottom of this tape. Wax a nail and push thru the epoxy and hole while wet.Put down a line of epoxy mush right where the track is going. Mash the whole works down in the yak on the mush. Move the track back and forth untill theres a big blob at the far end and protruding slightly into the track. Let set up.

Pull the nail, cut off the glass over the track, and pull the track. Clean up the area.

So now the track pushes into place, tight as hell to the hull, tight as hell in the bed and blobbed end, and is held in place by a simple single, easy to pull - pin. And all w/ a beer in ea hand and your!!

Ya goooooottaaa like iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!

So a mold will help do it cleaner and better (strips of wood and cdbd). Snug up where any sand grooves go so they still work. Maybe some glass fibers at the endblob,

(Or to bore every one to tears what-if bedded in silicone so you get that real cushiony feel for yer pegs.)

-mick