In a message dated 1/14/99 7:09:52 PM Central Standard Time, woodardr_at_tidalwave.net writes: > Is it possible to mount a rudder on a kayak and lock it so it cannot turn. > i.e. use it more like a skeg that you can flip up to the rear deck? Would it > function well for holding a kayak straight in quartering or following seas? > > This is more a curious educational question than something I want to try. > > Woody > Dagger made a flip up skeg for the Vesper, I don't know if it's still available. It fit on the back where you would mount a rudder, and flipped up just like a rudder, but it didn't turn. Rob *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jan 14 1999 - 18:12:29 PST
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