The advantage a under-hull mounted skeg has over a rudder is it is more likely to stay in the water in waves. The advantage a stern-hung "skeg" has over an under-hull, is since it is mounted farther back, it does not need to be as big to have the same effect. In other words a stern mounted flip-up skeg will be more effective than an under-hull mounted retractable skeg while it is in the water, but is more likely to come out of the water. A flip-up stern-mounted skeg would also be easier to construct than a retractable skeg mounted in a box under the hull. Nick At 7:28 PM -0500 1/14/99, Robert Woodard wrote: >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 > > > >*************************************************************************** >PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List >Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net >Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net >Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ >*************************************************************************** Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks 10 Ash Swamp Rd Glastonbury, CT 06033 (860) 659-8847 Schade_at_guillemot-kayaks.com http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/ >>>>"It's not just Art, It's a Craft!"<<<< *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Jan 15 1999 - 10:25:58 PST
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:30:03 PDT