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Re: Strip: to skeg or not to skeg?
By:Jeff Horton
Date: 9/5/2014, 4:07 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: to skeg or not to skeg? (Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K)

I will second Robs comments. I live inland but was up in the Chesapeake Bay area last week teaching a boat building class and I experienced some of what Rob described. I was paddling a boat that I have been well pleased with but I ran into some conditions that made me really wish I had a skeg. It's the first time I have really needed one but paddling in 20 mph wind with the boat rolled over on it's side like a canoe was no fun.

It doesn't hurt anything being there if you don't use it and it is a whole lot easier to put it now and when you do need it, it is there.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: to skeg or not to skeg?
rich -- 9/5/2014, 8:47 am
Re: Strip: to skeg or not to skeg?
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 9/5/2014, 9:28 am
Re: Strip: to skeg or not to skeg?
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
Re: Strip: to skeg or not to skeg? *PIC*
John Messinger -- 9/6/2014, 7:05 am
Re: Strip: to skeg or not to skeg?
Rich -- 9/6/2014, 7:53 am
Re: Strip: to skeg or not to skeg? *PIC*
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
Re: Strip: to skeg or not to skeg? *PIC*
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
Re: Strip: to skeg or not to skeg?
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
Re: Strip: to skeg or not to skeg?
rich -- 9/7/2014, 8:09 am
Re: Strip: to skeg or not to skeg?
Robert Horstmann -- 9/10/2014, 8:40 am