Nick Schade wrote: > I have a feeling the designer had nothing to do with whether the Caribou > got a skeg. Barry Buchannan of Mt Desert Island, Maine designed the boat > and built it as a high end custom boat out of wood and later as in a > composite layup. <snip> Thanks for clarifying the issue regarding the original designer. I think I was using the term a bit too loosely, and obviously incorrectly. As soon as I saw your post, before I even read it, I new what it was about. I believe you have had to clarify the point once before on Paddlewise if I'm not mistaken, (someone else had posted incorrect info regarding the Caribou's origins, etc). I had forgotten. Sorry Nick, et al. As far as the Caribou needing a skeg, does any boat that behaves reasonably well really need a skeg? When I first saw the boat out here on the west coast in its current incarnation (just prior to the skeg option) I felt it would need a skeg for those paddlers who were not so proactive. We also get a lot of wind around my part of the world, often with not a lot of fetch, so a skeg does tend to lend a modicum of relief during contrary conditions...so I hear :-) BC'in Ya Doug Lloyd *************************************************************************** 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 Tue May 16 2000 - 20:41:09 PDT
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