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Strip: to skeg or not to skeg?
By:rich
Date: 9/5/2014, 8:47 am

I'm building a Great Auk and am approaching the point where the deck and hull will be joined. Does anyone have any experience with the Great Auk as to tracking? I live in the Houston area and primarily do the bays and local lakes. Not to say that there is not a constant wind, but I'm not likely to be blown to Mexico or elsewhere.

I'm an intermediate level paddler and have used yaks with rudders. My preference is simplicity. I can go back and add a skeg later, right?

Rich

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Strip: to skeg or not to skeg?
rich -- 9/5/2014, 8:47 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 9/5/2014, 9:28 am
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Jeff Horton -- 9/5/2014, 4:07 pm
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howard -- 9/5/2014, 5:06 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 9/5/2014, 9:39 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 9/6/2014, 4:35 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 9/6/2014, 11:45 am
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John Messinger -- 9/6/2014, 7:05 am
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Rich -- 9/6/2014, 7:53 am
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Greg Galloway -- 9/6/2014, 10:46 am
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Ric Allen -- 9/6/2014, 5:42 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 9/6/2014, 6:24 pm
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Greg Galloway -- 9/6/2014, 8:43 pm
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Ric Allen -- 9/6/2014, 10:16 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/7/2014, 12:21 am
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Greg Galloway -- 9/7/2014, 9:07 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/8/2014, 1:51 am
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Greg Galloway -- 9/7/2014, 9:12 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 9/7/2014, 11:36 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/8/2014, 1:51 am
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rich -- 9/7/2014, 8:09 am
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Robert Horstmann -- 9/10/2014, 8:40 am