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Re: Other: How to Build a Fiberglass Skeg and Box
By:Duane Strosaker
Date: 8/28/2007, 10:48 pm

Thank you for the on-line article on building a skeg. It's another great contribution to kayak building from you.

I may install a skeg like that on my Point Bennett double. With the higher paddler weight to buoyancy ratio, more weight at the ends, and higher paddling speeds (increasing bow pressure), it weathercocks and broaches more than the single. A buddy and I did "Catalina for Lunch" crossings in the double on Monday, and we were dogged by quarter seas on the crossing back. I sure wish I would've had a skeg then.

Trip report: http://www.rollordrown.com/ci4lunch.html

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Other: How to Build a Fiberglass Skeg and Box *LINK* *Pic*
Bryan Hansel -- 8/28/2007, 12:04 am
Re: Other: How to Build a Fiberglass Skeg and Box
mike allen -- 8/29/2007, 5:03 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 8/29/2007, 11:54 pm
skeg patter
mike allen -- 8/30/2007, 1:17 am
Re: Other: How to Build a Fiberglass Skeg and Box
Duane Strosaker -- 8/29/2007, 9:50 pm
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mike allen -- 8/30/2007, 12:42 am
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Duane Strosaker -- 8/28/2007, 10:48 pm
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Pat Deopp -- 8/28/2007, 1:43 pm
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Gennie -- 8/28/2007, 4:30 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/28/2007, 2:19 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 8/28/2007, 8:24 am
Re: Other: How to Build a Fiberglass Skeg and Box
Bill Hamm -- 8/28/2007, 6:45 pm