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Once last season I was on a small lake during a gale and paddled on one side of my kayak for 45 minutes to make little progress. I don't mind this. It's kind of fun. However- I was by myself. I paddle with a lot of people in Brit boats who drop skeg at the slightest breeze, and I'm sure in those conditions I would have been left in the dust.
I haven't been in my sea kayak yet this season, I've been doing whitewater boating. The thing that I'm worried about is that I've lost weight over the winter and I'm now almost 25 lbs under the designed paddler weight for my kayak and others in this weight range all need skegs. I guess I'll have to wait and see.
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Mike Bielski -- 5/27/2011, 12:25 pm- Re: Strip: Skeg Consequences
Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 5/27/2011, 6:37 pm- Re: Strip: Skeg Consequences
Reg Lake -- 5/28/2011, 12:26 am- Re: Strip: Skeg Consequences
Mike Bielski -- 5/28/2011, 12:41 am- Re: Strip: Skeg Consequences
Reg Lake -- 5/28/2011, 1:10 am- Re: Strip: Skeg photos *PIC*
Reg Lake -- 5/28/2011, 1:35 am- Re: Strip: Skeg photos
Mike Bielski -- 5/28/2011, 8:13 am- Re: Strip: Skeg photos *PIC*
Reg Lake -- 5/28/2011, 12:09 pm
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Mike Savage -- 5/28/2011, 9:00 am- Re: Strip: Skeg Consequences
PatrickC -- 5/28/2011, 9:20 am- Re: Strip: Skeg Consequences
mtkayak (Mike Trutwin) -- 5/28/2011, 11:30 pm- Re: Strip: Skeg Consequences
Bill Hamm -- 5/29/2011, 1:46 am- Re: Strip: Skeg Consequences
Charles Robinson -- 5/29/2011, 10:15 am- Re: Strip: Skeg Consequences
Mike Bielski -- 5/29/2011, 12:34 pm- Re: Strip: Skeg Consequences
Bill Hamm -- 5/30/2011, 12:17 am
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Jay Babina -- 5/30/2011, 7:32 am- Re: Strip: Skeg Consequences
Mike Bielski -- 5/30/2011, 8:09 am
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Eric Mattison -- 5/31/2011, 1:31 pm - Re: Strip: Skeg Consequences
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