At 09:54 AM 6/15/2004 +1000, Peter Treby wrote: >What do solo paddlers do to free a skeg while on the water? >Cheers, PT Hi Peter, Try as I might, I can only imagine a shore landing if nearby. Although it hasn't yet happened to me, I think I would be glad my skeg-equipped boats are all well enough designed to respond to leans, sweep strokes and other more radical moves to keep the bow on course. As I gain more experience with paddling (and there's no end in site to improvement for me), I find I only use my skeg to alleviate the extra effort in troubling conditions. This is a second-rate answer, I know. I can't imagine a pulley system and string leading to the cockpit... designed to divert the force, so a paddler can loosen the skeg. Think it can be done? Might jam too easily at the launch, eh? Tom *************************************************************************** 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 - 17:28:05 PDT
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