Tom wrote: - >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. G'Day Tom and Paddlewise, I have an adjustable "Valley" skeg fitted to my boat and it jammed landing on a beach recently. I've never had problems with pebbles but in this instance the wire kinked and jammed the skeg in the half down position. I had been told that you could land on beaches with this skeg down and that it would just knock up into its recess. Guess I've learn't the hard way its not a good idea! Normally I hadn't been using the skeg much but for the last few weeks I've been forced to use the boat with the skeg half down. Its actually pretty good. The manoeuverability hasn't significantly changed because when I edge the boat the skeg is angled and not acting as a brake in the water. Also surfing 20knot wind waves is much better, though I'm told the skeg will tend to flip the boat if I broach while surfing into a beach, because the power in the waves is significantly greater. I will get it fixed though. All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Jun 15 2004 - 02:41:06 PDT
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