"Sailboat Restorations, Inc." wrote: > > > > As far as the Caribou needing a skeg, does any boat that behaves > reasonably > > well really need a skeg? > > The boat holds its course a little better in surfing or crosswind conditions > with the skeg down. I like the design, appearance, feel and performance of > the boat generally. As far as I'm concerned, that ends the question. Any > further "debate" strikes me as largely academic and based more on various > preconceptions about skegs and rudders, than on realistic and practical > issues. > Mark L That was my point of course. It is great to see examples of paddlers like you and Dan who are happy with their kayaks. You can concentrate on other things then :-) Thanks for not posting a bunch of rhetoric. I'm sure there has been a lot of deleting by people lately. 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 Wed May 17 2000 - 09:30:39 PDT
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