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Re: Strip: Skeg Consequences
By:Eric Mattison
Date: 5/31/2011, 1:31 pm
In Response To: Strip: Skeg Consequences (Mike Bielski)

I paddle a CLC 16 with a skeg and my wife paddles the same boat without.

I have never noticed a real impact from the drag of the skeg slot. I do notice the skeg drag on calm water, though it is not a big deal. In rough water where I'm fighting to stay on course, as I did last weekend, it is a real energy saver.

That said, my wife has never complained about not having one.

Eric M.

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Strip: Skeg Consequences
Mike Bielski -- 5/27/2011, 12:25 pm
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 5/27/2011, 6:37 pm
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Reg Lake -- 5/28/2011, 12:26 am
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Mike Bielski -- 5/28/2011, 12:41 am
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Reg Lake -- 5/28/2011, 1:10 am
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Reg Lake -- 5/28/2011, 1:35 am
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Mike Bielski -- 5/28/2011, 8:13 am
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Reg Lake -- 5/28/2011, 12:09 pm
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Mike Savage -- 5/28/2011, 9:00 am
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PatrickC -- 5/28/2011, 9:20 am
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mtkayak (Mike Trutwin) -- 5/28/2011, 11:30 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/29/2011, 1:46 am
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Charles Robinson -- 5/29/2011, 10:15 am
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Mike Bielski -- 5/29/2011, 12:34 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/30/2011, 12:17 am
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Jay Babina -- 5/30/2011, 7:32 am
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Mike Bielski -- 5/30/2011, 8:09 am
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Eric Mattison -- 5/31/2011, 1:31 pm