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Re: Strip: Keel strip
By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 4/15/2015, 11:10 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Keel strip (Paul Davies.)

On skegs- lots of good info already.
To most folks, 'keel strip' is just extra protection against abrasion.
Another possibility to consider-along with rudder or aft skeg, depending on the boat design/behaviour, is a 'skeel', like the ones Reg Lake designed for the Sterling boats.
It's a skeg just aft the cockpit, so it improves tracking without such a big change in fore-aft 'balance' in wind. Some boats (with strong weathercocking) need the skeg aft, though.

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Strip: Keel strip
Randy -- 4/14/2015, 3:50 pm
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Paul Davies. -- 4/14/2015, 5:35 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/15/2015, 11:10 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/15/2015, 5:31 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/15/2015, 6:10 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/19/2015, 12:33 am
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Etienne Muller -- 4/14/2015, 6:52 pm
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Randy -- 4/14/2015, 8:20 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 4/15/2015, 4:30 am
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Randy -- 4/15/2015, 7:47 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/14/2015, 8:39 pm
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Randy -- 4/14/2015, 9:01 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 4/23/2015, 12:51 pm
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Randy -- 4/23/2015, 1:42 pm