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Re: Cord vs. Cable for Skegs
By:Scott Fitzgerrell
Date: 10/24/2009, 1:51 pm
In Response To: Cord vs. Cable for Skegs *LINK* *Pic* (John Caldeira)

: I'm with you, Bill. Cables tend to kink when we forget to pull up the skeg,
: though maybe someone has a 'non-kink' system by now.

: I find a simple pull cord to work nicely.

: John

John, simple, elegant, beautifully executed--as usual. Couple questions:

1. Which boat? (Any reason to install a skeg in an Outer Island?)
2. Would there be any problem leading the cord through the rear bulkhead and then up through the deck? That would expose less cord to Murphy's mercies, and maybe look better?

I guess that's three questions.

Hope all's well in Fiji. Getting bored yet? (That's #4.)

--Scott

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Strip: Skeg
Ned Smith -- 10/15/2009, 10:56 am
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Ned Smith------WebKitFormBoundary8+Jhdhh6ZEASorn2 -- 10/18/2009, 11:57 am
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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
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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
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Aaron Locke -- 10/19/2009, 9:48 pm
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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
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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
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Bill Hamm -- 10/15/2009, 5:13 pm
Re: Strip: Skeg *LINK*
Malcolm Schweizer -- 10/15/2009, 4:26 pm