: Yes, such a fix should prevent windcocking, IF you get the area
: right. Or it may be too small in some situations and
: still weathercock. There again it may be too big in some situations
: and cause leecocking. One thing for sure is that
: it will make your boat less maneuverable.

: Skeg adjustability gives you two boats in one. A maneuverable
: sports car type and a straight line sedan type.
: Not having any adjustability is like playing golf with only one
: club, not much fun.

: One day I found myself overworked and not gaining much distance
: while paddling with skeg up in high wind. Skeg
: down was easy and I could apply my energy to forward motion. So I
: ran an experiment to check out how useful my
: skeg was.

: I started paddling away from the wind, just paddling with no course
: corrections of any kind. With the skeg up I
: was turned straight into the wind in forty seconds. I immediately
: did the same thing with skeg down and was
: turned straight upwind in 300 seconds, almost four minutes. Just
: sayin'.

: Yes, this has been done as is very successful. It has been used for
: decades whereas the "foiled" shape is fairly new.
: This link shows a clear picture of the "pie slice" type
: adjustable skeg.
: http://www.ukseakayakguidebook.co.uk/skeg_repair/art_skeg_repair.htm
: Notice that it is a little shorter and deeper than the permanent
: skeg you describe in your first paragraph above, but
: it is the same basic idea only with adjustability.

: I am a forgetful old fart and leave my skeg down when I shouldn't
: more often than I will admit, and although I get
: pushed sideways into coral or rolled up the beach I have always
: found my skeg to be self-retracting, not broken. With
: my paddling style I don't think the foiled type would last very
: long.

: ~Bob

Thank you. I meant to mention you in the OP, but, being a forgetful old fart myself, it got away from me.