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Re: Strip: Skeg
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 10/21/2009, 12:35 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Skeg (Todd Sullivan)

: Stainless steel cable is pretty hard to beat in this application. Try to find
: it at your local marine supply store. They'll likely have more choice in
: size/build than your local hardware.

: Todd

Yep, I'd certainly agree with that. Still seems far easier to make a rope skeg and not bother with the tube. Adding complexity to boats tends to be a bad idea, increases the odds of something going wrong right when you can't really afford something broke.

Bill H.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Skeg
Ned Smith -- 10/15/2009, 10:56 am
Re: Strip: Skeg
Ned Smith------WebKitFormBoundary8+Jhdhh6ZEASorn2 -- 10/18/2009, 11:57 am
Re: Strip: Skeg
Todd Sullivan -- 10/19/2009, 9:04 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/19/2009, 12:43 am
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Joy -- 10/18/2009, 11:22 am
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Kudzu -- 10/16/2009, 2:48 pm
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Ned Smith------WebKitFormBoundary8+Jhdhh6ZEASorn2 -- 10/16/2009, 3:31 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/18/2009, 1:50 am
Re: Strip: Skeg------WebKitFormBoundary8+Jhdhh6ZEA *LINK*
Ric -- 10/17/2009, 10:52 pm
Re: Strip: Skeg *LINK*
Brian Scarborough -- 10/16/2009, 10:55 pm
Re: Strip: Skeg *Pic*
Kudzu -- 10/16/2009, 8:41 pm
Re: Strip: Skeg
Aaron Locke -- 10/19/2009, 9:48 pm
Re: Strip: Skeg
Bill Hamm -- 10/20/2009, 12:59 am
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Todd Sullivan -- 10/20/2009, 7:00 am
Re: Strip: Skeg
Bill Hamm -- 10/21/2009, 12:35 am
Cord vs. Cable for Skegs *LINK* *Pic*
John Caldeira -- 10/21/2009, 3:22 am
Re: Cord vs. Cable for Skegs
Scott Fitzgerrell -- 10/24/2009, 1:51 pm
Re: Cord vs. Cable for Skegs
John Caldeira -- 10/26/2009, 4:01 am
Re: Strip: Skeg
Ned Smith------WebKitFormBoundary8+Jhdhh6ZEASorn2 -- 10/18/2009, 11:51 am
Re: Strip: Skeg
Kudzu -- 10/19/2009, 10:41 am
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Andy Waddington -- 10/16/2009, 12:13 pm
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Ric -- 10/15/2009, 8:04 pm
Re: Strip: Skeg
Bill Hamm -- 10/15/2009, 5:13 pm
Re: Strip: Skeg *LINK*
Malcolm Schweizer -- 10/15/2009, 4:26 pm