: I built a steel plate pivoting center board into my sailboat almost identical
: to the CLC skeg. Good idea that I will consider. I would not cut through
: the deck but keep the pivot slot box under it along with a control rope or
: wire. This is probably my best solution so I could use the boat in small
: creeks and be very manuvuerable or in rough water with the skeg fully
: down. This board really pays off. Thanks alot.

: John

I would like to hear about yr sailboat (that I assume you built) sometime.
Sometimes commercial skegs are made from sheet aluminum. The open top skeg box may be a lot easy for maintenance (you can get stones or debris stuck in it) and the control line would be over the deck, otherwise you either have to put a hole thru the deck for it or take off yr skirt to adjust it. I have only read abt it but I gather that in wind, depending how yr boat handles, you may get better tracking with only skeg partially extended so being able to 'fine tune' as you go might be important.

Jim