I've been told (and I think it was discussed a few months ago here) that you put the skeg down to assist when travelling downwind (and following seas) AND that it, essentially, prevents you from turning the boat upwind. If you want to travel upwind, you have to put the skeg up. (I'm sure people much more knowledgeable than I will correct me here if I got this wrong.) Greg Hollingsworth wrote: > > <snipped> > I tried a variety of techniques: turning on top of waves, adjusting the > skeg to different positions (up clearly worked best), sculling, boat > tilting, bracing, sweeping strokes - nothing seemed to work well. > <snipped> *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Mar 09 1999 - 05:58:32 PST
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