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kayak skeg
By:Dr. Bruce Bowden
Date: 12/17/1998, 3:53 pm

My thanks to Bob Hysen for his reply. I agree that the design of a skeg is for tracking, however I wonder if a skeg, of greater than usual surface area, would be effective in resisting longitudinal roll tendencies and, consequently, contribute to stability ??? If so, where should it be located, and how operated?

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kayak skeg
Dr. Bruce Bowden -- 12/17/1998, 3:53 pm
don't go surfing
Brian C. -- 12/17/1998, 4:19 pm