> Skeg Question: Building a Cheasapeake 17 Lt, and am finishing up sanding
> the hull prior to glassing. I have a skeg kit and was wondering if it
> would be better to install it prior to the deck going on, and possibly
> prior to glassing the hull?

> Footbrace Question: Installing Yakima footbraces. Definetly putting these
> in before I glass the hull and put on the deck. Any words of wisdom. I
> figure I'll be mounting them to some pieces of plywood (is luann ok?) and
> then epoxying them to the inside hull. Thanks.

> Todd.

Don't know abt the skeg but would agree to glass the i/s 1st

However on the pegs. Mounting thru the yak is a no go if you care about the aesthetics. And I would say that mounting them on blocks on the i/s is a big waste of precious foot space unless yer twinkletoes. (I think I've got a coupla sets and their channels are annoyingly too wide.). So why not just glue them in tight w/ polyurethane? Or mount small L shaped blocks tight BEYOND and BEFORE the channel therebye jamming it in and saving 1/2 to 1/4 in ea side. You could even put a coupla small (small) blocks over and under to minimize rotation.

Then you have a bit more space to mount the footpump.

-mick