Re: [Paddlewise] Rudder as Skeg

From: <RTull303_at_aol.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 21:09:15 EST
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
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