[Paddlewise] Adding a retractable skeg

Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 20:43:41 EDT,
BHansen wrote:

"The Tern and the Osprey track very well without a rudder, and I strongly 
suspect that the Coho does too. If I were to plan on paddling longdistances 
over open water and/or "in conditions", I'd probably add a retractable skeg 
to any of these boats (but then I have a personal "thing" about retractable 
skegs - I just like them a lot.

Bill Hansen"

Bill, could you describe the materials and process you use in adding a
retractable skeg?  Or, point us to some related information?  I will need
to adapt a plastic boat for a retractable skeg.  This boat, a Necky Looksha
Sport, has one, but it is mounted on the tip of the stern, as a rudder
would be.  I'm hoping to have one underneath the hull, which can be
retracted to  disappear when I'm using the boat in surf.

	Thanks,
		John Somers
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