Duane Strosaker said: > More on failing skegs: During the recent skeg reliability discussion on this > list, the Kajak Sport skeg system received some good comments. Well, after > some surf launches and landings today, a friend's Kajak Sport skeg jammed up > and the cable in the hatch area is bowing when the rod-mounted knob is pulled > back to try to deploy the skeg. Fortunately, this kayak is not skeg dependant. > By the way, I still think Kajak Sport has some of the best quality kayaks and > skegs on the market. Duane, I think you will find that the skeg on your new Current Designs boat will be pretty much trouble free. The skeg in my Gulfstream only jammed once and that was when a 350 pound woman, decided I needed help launching while I was attaching my skirt. She came up, pushed down with all of her weight on my boat and at the same time pushed me into the surf. After about 20 minutes, all of the sand and gravel washed out and the skeg operated normally again. The only other problem with them that I am aware of occurs with the older sliders that CD used like the one I have. Instead of a rod, mine is a cable and if you are not careful, it is easy to pull away from the boat and that will cause the cable to kink. It was fun paddling with you today and I REALLY like your new boat - but I think I'm a little too big to fit in it. Steve Holtzman *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Jan 12 2003 - 19:54:40 PST
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