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Re: Strip: Outer Island users: Skeg or no?
By:Justin
Date: 2/4/2017, 4:20 pm
In Response To: Strip: Outer Island users: Skeg or no? (Rich D)

In my opinion, skegs are not really about tracking, they're about reducing windcocking in a side wind or sea.

So if you do longish trips on the sea when its windy or there's a fair sea running, a skeg can be a godsend.

Build it, put it in; it won't hurt if you never need it, and it might be a godsend one day.

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Strip: Outer Island users: Skeg or no?
Rich D -- 2/4/2017, 9:33 am
Re: Strip: Outer Island users: Skeg or no?
bob borovicka -- 2/4/2017, 2:52 pm
Re: Strip: Outer Island users: Skeg or no?
Justin -- 2/4/2017, 4:20 pm
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Ken Blanton -- 2/4/2017, 4:37 pm
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Olli -- 2/4/2017, 8:22 pm
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bsoderholm -- 2/5/2017, 12:37 am
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Paul Sylvester -- 2/5/2017, 5:55 am
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Jim777 -- 2/5/2017, 6:40 am
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Rich D -- 2/6/2017, 8:58 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 2/6/2017, 11:01 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 2/7/2017, 3:42 am
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Paul Sylvester -- 2/7/2017, 5:19 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 2/7/2017, 12:23 pm
Re: Strip: Outer Island users: Skeg or no?
Nick R. -- 2/7/2017, 3:42 pm
Re: Strip: Outer Island users: Skeg or no?
Bill Hamm -- 2/9/2017, 12:21 am