True, you probably would go either with or without skeg. I did also think about the retractable skeg, but if I'm going to do that I will go with a rudder. The problem I'm having now is that I know this 19 footer is going to be more difficult to turn than a smaller kayak, even if only slightly so. I originally intended to use this kayak on river expeditions, but I have since moved to St. Thomas, and now I am focusing on long straight journeys with lots of crosswinds and currents and swells and all those other nasty factors working against me. I figure the removable skeg would allow me to tailor the boat not just for day-to-day changes, but mostly because I don't know where my next move will be. If I end up where there are more rivers and streams I'll be able to leave the fin off. If I end up on another island or coastal region I'll be able to put the fin/skeg on if needed.
Anyway, I've decided to go ahead and glass the boat and if I want to install a fin box it will be easy to do later. That is yet another advantage of the surf fin idea- you can easily add them on to any existing kayak.
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- Material: Surf board fins... uh, or kayak skegs??? *LINK* *Pic*
Malcolm Schweizer -- 3/14/2003, 11:12 pm- Re: Material: Surf board fins... uh, or kayak skeg *LINK*
Don Lucas -- 3/15/2003, 12:38 am- Re: Material: Surf board fins... uh, or kayak skeg
Malcolm Schweizer -- 3/15/2003, 10:29 am- Re: Material: Surf board fins... uh, or kayak skeg *LINK* *Pic*
Charles Leach -- 3/15/2003, 10:42 am- Re: Material: Surf board fins... uh, or kayak skeg
Dale Frolander -- 3/16/2003, 2:42 am- Re: Material: Surf board fins... uh, or kayak skeg *LINK* *Pic*
Charles Leach -- 3/16/2003, 11:36 am- Re: Material: Surf board fins... uh, or kayak skeg
Malcolm Schweizer -- 3/16/2003, 9:04 am - Re: Material: Surf board fins... uh, or kayak skeg
- another pic of fin - different angle *Pic*
Charles Leach -- 3/15/2003, 10:52 am- Re: another pic of fin - different angle
Malcolm Schweizer -- 3/15/2003, 11:39 am- Re: Too Much Skeg *LINK* *Pic*
Dave Houser -- 3/15/2003, 8:45 pm
- Re: Too Much Skeg *LINK* *Pic*
- Re: Material: Surf board fins... uh, or kayak skeg *LINK* *Pic*
- Re: Material: Surf board fins... uh, or kayak skeg
- Re: Material: Surf board fins... uh, or kayak skeg *LINK* *Pic*
- "Skegfins" ? ? ?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/15/2003, 12:29 am- Re: "Skegfins" ? ? ?
Malcolm Schweizer -- 3/15/2003, 10:14 am
- Re: Material: Surf board fins... uh, or kayak skeg
- Re: Material: Surf board fins... uh, or kayak skeg *LINK*