Here is a link to the nut tool I carry available from REI: http://www.rei.com/online/store/ProductDisplay?productId=1028&storeId=8000&catalogId=40000008000&langId=-1&color=&img=/largeimages/471351.jpg&view=large&vcat=REI_SEARCH I've made a couple from butter knives but they were heavy and corroded quickly once the plating was ground away. The Black Diamond tool is cheap, durable, and lightweight. Attach a small wrist lanyard and you can stuff the tool in a variety of places in your cockpit or vest. I paddle a skeg equipped WS T-165 and live in the Rockies. I have had no problem with a skeg blade being stuck with a pebble but I'm very conscious of the potential hazard. Most of my put-ins are stern first and I always check skeg operation just before I climb in. This becomes SOP when you paddle in the rocky rivers and lakes that I do. Regards, ~~Holmes Joan Volin <jvolin_at_optonline.net> wrote: Steve The link that you gave is to REI, not to Steve Scherer's company - plus it's an outdated page. Please try again - I really wanted to see the picture, since one of my kayaks does have a skeg. I've never had any trouble with it, but I should probably bite my tongue as I say that. Joan Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger *************************************************************************** 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 Jun 14 2004 - 06:42:00 PDT
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