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Re: Strip: Terrible Tracking
By:Jeff Horton
Date: 8/1/2011, 10:26 pm
In Response To: Strip: Terrible Tracking *PIC* (Nick Riccardi)

I just saw this on another forum.

'Great Blue Heron' rule:
Let's imagine you paddle forward, keeping your eye straight ahead. Suddenly, you notice a cool Great Blue Heron sitting on a tree stump on the shore. You look at the bird for 3 or 4 seconds. Does your boat still point in the direction it did before you turned your head sideways?
Yes=> tracking is OK
No=>You need a skeg.

We were discussing skegs but if the boat has turned a lot then I would say you have a tracking issue. I will say it again, if it were my boat I would adding a temporary skeg with duct tape or hot glue, adjusting the size till I found what I wanted and then attach it more permanent.

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Strip: Terrible Tracking *PIC*
Nick Riccardi -- 8/1/2011, 5:02 pm
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Glen Smith -- 8/1/2011, 6:08 pm
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Ian Cummins -- 8/1/2011, 6:15 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 8/1/2011, 6:24 pm
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Doug S -- 8/2/2011, 8:59 am
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Ric Moodie -- 8/1/2011, 6:24 pm
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Allan -- 8/1/2011, 6:27 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 8/1/2011, 7:02 pm
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John Caldeira -- 8/1/2011, 8:28 pm
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Jeff Horton -- 8/1/2011, 10:26 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 8/2/2011, 5:21 pm
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Dave Houser -- 8/3/2011, 7:22 pm
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 8/4/2011, 4:54 am
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Dave Houser -- 8/5/2011, 1:18 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/5/2011, 3:11 am
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Dave Houser -- 8/5/2011, 3:38 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/6/2011, 2:49 am
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 8/6/2011, 4:01 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/7/2011, 3:03 am