I've had a similar idea to Matt's. My thought was the two angled fins would be place quite close behind the cockpit. These fins could help hold the boat up high on the wave while cutting diagonally along the wave face. Nick On Jun 23, 2009, at 11:45 PM, MATT MARINER BROZE wrote: > Tord wrote: > >>>>> Maybe a rudder cum skeg is the ideal?! A rudder that only works >>>>> as a skeg, > deployed > only when needed - one foot down to lower and the other down to lift > it?!<<<< > My thought was to have three > retractable fins. > > The central skeg would be for keeping the quick turning surf kayak > tracking > straight in calmer waters such as when travelling some distance to > find a good > surfing location. The other two skegs would be operated by toe > pedals (or I > imagined even by ones knees somehow). > *************************************************************************** Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks 54 South Rd Groton, CT 06340 USA Ph/Fx: (860) 659-8847 http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/ *************************************************************************** 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 Jun 24 2009 - 08:24:36 PDT
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