The skegs in question did not simply have a hole drilled in the center, they were smooth, with the lines of the skeg all curved towards the center of that hole. One of the people using this kind of skeg at the Delmarva weekend explained that the water flows towards but not through the hole when moving forwards, that it creates a suction towards that space, but the water flows past because of counter pressure from the water on the opposite side doing the same thing. however, when the boat is moving to one side, the water does not have that counterpressure, and it is able to flow through.... don't know who it was, but it made sense at the time, I'm sure I'm not explaining it well/correctly.... if only i could draw a picture of it...... Tori *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Hi all, there is a description and foto in Scavenius Jensen's book: 'Den gronlanske kayak og dens redskaber' Cheers, Gerald Gerald Maroske GUM_at_exmail.de *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
>Gabriel wrote: The skegs were basically frames, the center was drilled out, which allegedly > allowed them to work as skegs and gave little resistance to turning. > > Is there any reference or thoughts about this? Other than saving a small amount of weight, it seems to me all this would do is increase the drag of the skeg, reduce its effectiveness as a skeg, and only slightly reduce the resistance to turning. You can not have an effective skeg that does not reduce the kayaks ability to turn, they are mutually exclusive of each other (unless it is a rudder of course). Either you increase the kayak's resistance to yaw, or it does not serve as skeg. Either there are other considerations for this type of skeg, which may not be obvious to us (like religious or even superstitious reasons for example) or it was done in ignorance. Peter *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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