Shawn said: "Doug Lloyd" <dalloyd_at_telus.net> wrote: >Did the custom skeg you modified into place help in the quartering rear seas as well as expected?< "Strosaker" <strosaker_at_cox.net> wrote: >I wouldn't actually call my hull modification a skeg.< Aah, but to a Nordkapp owner, it's a skeg! ;) (apologies to Doug!) Shawn Me thought a skeg also referred to any extension of a keel line abaft of a small vessel. Duane's is fairly small - a few inches. Most Nordkapp owners have big long ones. I actually don't have one. If I did, I'd cut it off or modify it down so I could more easily turn up into the wind. As it is, I have to get my Nordkapp HS up to speed (none-rudder deployed), then throw in a sweep before initiating a bow rudder or whatever to facilitate final turning action -- while leaning to increase the rocker. The Nordkapp HM does look cool, however. Duane's skeg-thingy looks like a nice compromise, though size doesn't matter: it's how you use it and what one's intentions are. Duane appears to have realized his goals and understands his particular fixed mini-skeg extension with certain predictability in terms of use. What I don't understand is the excellent stamina he attained with the ingestion of Spaghetti-O's. 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 Mon Apr 07 2003 - 21:58:58 PDT
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