RE: [Paddlewise] Skeg Jammers

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Steve,

Yes, the Current Design rep said that that has been a
major problem, people sticking their hands through the
slide and pulling out. The rod mechanism is supposed
to address this problem and make cable kinking less
likely. I hope so. I'll let everyone know how it goes
(once Current Designs sends the stuff to me!).

Rafa

--- Steve Holtzman <sh_at_actglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> I'm not sure how CD changed their skeg designs
> beside adding the rod and
> shortening the length of the adjustment on the
> "newer" skegs, but my 1998 GS
> (with the old cable type adjustment) has been
> relatively trouble free.
> 
> The biggest problems I had is that when someone
> tries to use it who is not
> familiar with skegs tries to use it, they seem to
> always want to pull out
> instead of sliding it forwards or backwards. This
> leads to kinked cables and
> that causes problems to multiply.
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