: Does anybody have any good ideas about retrofitting an adjustable/retractable
: skeg? I am thinking about using a lexan skeg in an okoume box, but I am
: open to other ideas. I would rather not have anything protruding above the
: deck. Any recommendations on hardware or websites? My boat is a modified
: North Bay XL (CLC S&G). Thanks.

Find below a message I posted many moons ago on this BB.

I just installed a skeg using a removable fin system that is found on my surfboards. The fin is not retractable but it is easily removable with an allen (sp) key when out of water. I found installing the two plugs to be quite easy, and I reinforced on the inside with some fibreglasss cloth. I stuck a surfboard fin on the kayak and I'm sure it would work, however, at some point I will make a cedar strip fin to make the boat look pretty. I also like the idea of a "weak" wooden skeg because if I hit something I would rather the fin break than pushing it into the hull. I've seen quite a few times the damage fins do to the bottom of surfboards when they connect with rocks - not a pretty site - the bottom of surfboards are a lot weaker than the hull of a strip-built kayak, but I still would like to know that the skeg will break before the hull does. find the web page for the FCS fin system below.

http://www.fincontrol.com/