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Re: Seeking: options for tubing for skeg
By:Brian Nystrom
Date: 5/26/2014, 11:28 am
In Response To: Re: Seeking: options for tubing for skeg (Björn Thomasson)

I agree that a double rope (cord) is the key to a successful rope skeg design, since you're using the cord to both deploy and retract the skeg and you're not relying on bungee cord, which is unreliable. Unfortunately, the commercial manufacturers that use rope skegs haven't figured that out.

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Seeking: options for tubing for skeg
John Faas -- 5/23/2014, 7:57 pm
Re: Seeking: options for tubing for skeg *PIC*
Bob Ten Eyck -- 5/23/2014, 8:19 pm
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John Faas -- 5/23/2014, 10:40 pm
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Bob Ten Eyck -- 5/23/2014, 11:10 pm
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John Faas -- 5/24/2014, 11:44 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 5/24/2014, 12:31 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 5/24/2014, 8:43 pm
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Bob Ten Eyck -- 5/24/2014, 9:46 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 5/24/2014, 10:37 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/25/2014, 2:48 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 5/25/2014, 9:46 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 5/25/2014, 10:32 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/26/2014, 1:49 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 5/26/2014, 11:20 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/25/2014, 11:29 am
Re: Seeking: options for tubing for skeg
Björn Thomasson -- 5/25/2014, 3:48 pm
Re: Seeking: options for tubing for skeg
Brian Nystrom -- 5/26/2014, 11:28 am
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Björnb Thomasson -- 5/26/2014, 12:01 pm
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Jay Babina -- 5/27/2014, 8:19 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 5/27/2014, 1:11 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 5/27/2014, 1:50 pm
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A. Edie -- 5/29/2014, 12:45 pm
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Bob Ten Eyck -- 5/24/2014, 9:38 pm
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John Faas -- 5/25/2014, 5:09 pm
Re: Seeking: options for tubing for skeg *PIC*
JohnAbercrombie -- 5/25/2014, 6:10 pm
Re: Seeking: options for tubing for skeg
Reg Lake -- 5/27/2014, 2:59 am