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Re: Retractable Skeg Design
By:Dean Trexel
Date: 7/7/1999, 10:29 pm
In Response To: Retractable Skeg Design (Paul C.)

Now that that's done, I have to ask: Do you really NEED a skeg on a Cheasapeake 17? I paddle a Pygmy Arctic Tern (17'), and it needs no skeg. Your Chessie has a squared-off stern that makes for much longer waterline than my Tern, so I wouldn't think you would need it. It will just add weight.

Do you plan on going into some zen-like trancendental paddling state but wish to maintain course while you're oblivious to the world? Actually, it can happen...

Dean

Messages In This Thread

Retractable Skeg Design
Paul C. -- 7/7/1999, 11:25 am
Re: Retractable Skeg Design
craig appleyard -- 7/9/1999, 8:28 pm
Re: Retractable Skeg Design
Greg Steeves -- 7/13/1999, 11:32 pm
Re: Retractable Skeg Design
Jeff Warrick -- 7/7/1999, 10:55 pm
Re: Retractable Skeg Design
Dean Trexel -- 7/7/1999, 10:29 pm
Re: Retractable Skeg Design
Paul C. -- 7/8/1999, 12:09 pm
Re: Retractable Skeg Design
Dean Trexel -- 7/7/1999, 10:18 pm
Re: Retractable Skeg Design
Dean Trexel -- 7/7/1999, 10:15 pm