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Where and how to install skeg
By:Jay Babina
Date: 9/20/2011, 8:12 am
In Response To: Strip: Where and how to install skeg (Kevin Greer)

I think maintenance and repair access might outweigh the ideal position with the skeg box.

ALL skegs need servicing once in a while. You want it so you can get at it through your back hatch. Most commercial boats have it 3/4 the way back behind the cockpit to stern. It gives you storage space yet allows access to it. I wouldn't obsess too much over the exact most perfect position because it's different on every hull according to the shape. The few I have done I use glass tape plus a filet of thickened epoxy to attach the box.

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Strip: Where and how to install skeg
Kevin Greer -- 9/18/2011, 6:32 pm
Re: Strip: Where and how to install skeg
Joy -- 9/18/2011, 7:01 pm
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Kevin Greer -- 9/18/2011, 8:13 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/20/2011, 2:01 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/20/2011, 2:15 am
Where and how to install skeg
Jay Babina -- 9/20/2011, 8:12 am
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Kevin Greer -- 9/20/2011, 10:12 am
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Jay Babina -- 9/20/2011, 8:13 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/21/2011, 1:40 am
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 9/21/2011, 3:01 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/21/2011, 3:19 pm
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 9/21/2011, 4:09 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/22/2011, 2:08 am
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Kirk Fredericks -- 3/25/2012, 2:14 pm
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Kevin Greer -- 9/21/2011, 12:37 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/22/2011, 2:10 am
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Al Edie -- 9/23/2011, 1:39 am
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Kevin Greer -- 10/14/2011, 3:42 pm
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Kevin Greer -- 10/14/2011, 3:55 pm
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Kevin Greer -- 10/14/2011, 3:57 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/14/2011, 5:35 pm
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Kevin Greer -- 10/14/2011, 8:59 pm
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daan daniels -- 10/17/2011, 3:35 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 10/17/2011, 3:40 pm