Re: [Paddlewise] Feed the need

Sort of like these pictures?
http://picasaweb.google.com/corgimas/Green#5055657458832483714
The RH340 Rockhopper has two bolt on fins and a drop down skeg....the fins
work quite well to pin the tail when surfing and the skeg works well for
flatware tracking....surfing with the skeg down really locks the tail in
place....almost too much....
rob

>
> From: Nick Schade <nick_at_guillemot-kayaks.com>
> Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Feed the Need
>
> 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).
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