I am just wondering about those kayaks that have both a retractable skeg and a rudder (retractable as well, of course) - what's the logic behind ?! A lot of lines and, more things that can go wrong! Wouldn't a down-lockable rudder (at the same time locking the pedals) be simpler and better - as then it would work both as a skeg and as a rudder?! If our basic kayak is extremely course steady - say by having nil rocker wouldn't a forward skeg be nice :-)! We have found that our huge Klepper XXL turns on a dime (Ok, big dime!) with leeboard down in combination with the rudder (or paddle, or both) - in fact it turns sharper than the two feet shorter Aerius II, probably due to lower draft (we weigh just 20 lbs more when we use the XXL, compared to the Aerius II, but has a lot of more packing volume - nice)! Tord *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Jul 04 2007 - 01:40:15 PDT
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