"They set out to achieve the same result in slightly different ways, that is, change the handling of the kayak. The rudder straight ahead obviously changes the centre of lateral resistance (like a skeg set further aft) AND also can be used to cause the kayak to turn. Two jobs - one device? Alex" I don't mean to be a pedant, but there is a functional differrence between skeg and rudder. The skeg allows adjustment of the center of lateral resistance over a range. This is supposed to allow you to fine tune the ballance of the boat in the wind, perhaps from weather helm, through neutral helm and all the way over to lee helm. In practice you should be able to set the skeg at a certain spot and leave it while you paddle the kayak in perfect ballance on a given course. I haven't got a skeg om my own boat, so I haven't been able to test this very extensively myself. With a rudder you do alter the center of lateral resistance when you drop the rudder, but you cannot adjust the CLR over a range, instead you must continually maintain a certain rudder position to steer the boat onto it's course. Nick Lyle *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Oct 17 1999 - 09:19:03 PDT
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