Steve said: >snip< > Like any mechanical device that changes the characteristics of a hull so efficiently comes with a price. In certain extreme conditions the looseness of a rockered hull is nice.< That can be a problem with integral skegs like Duane added to his kayak. It is a bit of a debate, but I know good paddlers who would not ever go near a kayak, such as the Nordkapp with fin-skeg, because it can be very difficult to turn them into a strong wind. Duane may want to experiment on a safe lee-shore, testing his modifications. Just the fact that a kayak has an integral skeg doesn't make it an unsafe kayak, as all kayaks have differing dynamics. Steve also said: >we make, sell and give skegged customers skeg tools. they're thrift store table knifes ground into a hook, similar to a climber's nut tool. These work well at cleaning the skeg box of grit. The mechanics that run the skeg are other story. I'm not a huge fan of the bungie system and the wire system is a t better. I'm actually working on a new system that is pretty fun and challenging. we'll see.< Okay "Tinker Belle," we know you are always tinkering and messing around in boats, but I was wondering if you have had a chance to see the new CD Gulfstream. It has a nice skeg system that the designers took some time to tweek. Any comments? Doug Lloyd Victoria BC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ "Whatever can be said at all can be said clearly and whatever cannot be said clearly should not be said at all." Ludwig Wittgenstein ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Dec 18 2002 - 11:48:17 PST
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