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Sail boat description
By:John Monfoe
Date: 9/28/2001, 6:55 am
In Response To: Re: CLC has a retractable skeg tip (Jim)

: 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

I had a picture in my files but I lost it. When I get my scanner up I will try it. Scanners and I don't get along.

I built it in 1965 from plans. It was 15' and I put a cubby cabin on it that was detachable. The outside was fiberglassed. I painted the inside with a Sears two part epoxy paint that never set up. I had to scrape it out and used ordinary boat paint. I laminated the wood mast with contact cement that really held up well untill I sold the boat 10 years later and got a cat. Making the retractable center board out of plate steel was a mistake. I thought it would help stablize the boat with weight but it didn't. My family didn't like the boat tipping when we sailed. Ha. I had to lower and raise the center plate with a hand wench and cable. I chalked the shape of the centerplate on the steel plate at a scrap yard and had them cut it with a torch. When I started to file the plate to shape I found the torch had hardened the edges and filing was almost impossible but I didn't have a good way to take the temper out, but I had access to dozens of used files where I worked and I slowly shaped it.

I have to think about the retractable skeg for the yak some. My back deck is pretty high and I could keep the skeg slot short of the underdeck and open. I could also open up the upper side of the skeg slot to help get to any obstruction that might get in. Thand
ks for that reminder. I just hate to cut a hole into my upper deck and get into my stern area design.

John

Messages In This Thread

Medium and Small Skeg. *Pic*
John Monfoe -- 9/26/2001, 4:49 pm
Small Skeg, but continue the lines
mike allen ---> -- 9/26/2001, 5:32 pm
CLC has a retractable skeg tip
Jim -- 9/26/2001, 7:32 pm
Re: CLC has a retractable skeg tip
John Monfoe -- 9/27/2001, 6:26 am
Re: CLC has a retractable skeg tip
Jim -- 9/27/2001, 8:57 am
Sail boat description
John Monfoe -- 9/28/2001, 6:55 am
Question? *Pic*
John Monfoe -- 9/26/2001, 4:59 pm
ideas to play with
!RUSS -- 9/30/2001, 6:04 pm
Re: ideas to play with
John Monfoe -- 10/1/2001, 6:39 am
trying to make sense of tracking
Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/2/2001, 12:00 am
Great explainations Paul !! I understand.
John Monfoe -- 10/2/2001, 7:26 am
Horizontal skeg sheath?
Val Wann -- 10/2/2001, 3:31 pm
Re: Horizontal skeg sheath?
John Monfoe -- 10/3/2001, 8:05 am
Skeg housing
Val Wann -- 10/3/2001, 11:30 am
Avoid any whales that have a sense of humor :)
Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/2/2001, 11:57 pm