A friend of mine has a string attached to the skeg, through a hole in it. His is a Brit boat with a plastic skeg. He says it has never caught on anything but has come in handy when others had to fish his skeg loose while on the water. My Gulfie has a metal skeg and I haven't taken the time to mess with it because it has never been a problem. Woody had a lot of problems with his when the little pads that guide the skeg got sticky. He finally tore them out. Now the skeg vibrates at times but doesn't stick. On my to-do list is drilling a small hole in the skeg near the end that could be used to pry the skeg out with a screwdriver if there were a significant jam. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Dec 27 2002 - 09:00:08 PST
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