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Other: Rope control skeg
By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 10/7/2015, 4:09 pm

I'm looking for details and experiences with rope-control skegs.

Bjorn Thomasson has details on his website.
http://www.thomassondesign.com/images/skeg-system.pdf

My questions are mostly about the on-deck control for the skeg:
Location and thru-deck fitting
Arrangement of line and shock cord or other 'locking' device
Marking to indicate degree of up/down skeg
Usability with one hand

Any pictures or comments? Thanks!

Messages In This Thread

Other: Rope control skeg
JohnAbercrombie -- 10/7/2015, 4:09 pm
Re: Other: Rope control skeg
Etienne Muller -- 10/7/2015, 6:28 pm
Re: Other: Rope control skeg
Björn Thomasson -- 10/20/2015, 5:49 am