Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 09:26:53 -0800
From: Paul Macintyre <mailhost.hooked.net!pfmac@imagelan.com>
Message-Id: <199602091726.JAA05060@tuna.hooked.net>
To: baidarka@imagelan.com
Subject: Re: Re: Retractable "skeg" on bairdara
On Fri, Feb 9, 1996 10:09:58 AM at Thomas L. Clarke wrote:
... I see it not as a rudder, but as a skeg that can have we can
>put a little set into to offset quartering winds... I may just run the
>control lines only to the rear of the cockpit, on deck... just to
eliminate
>a set of lines around the cockpit...TLC
>
>
Thomas
What is the advantage of this system over a rudder? If the skeg is
adjustable at all isn't it a rudder? Why not go all the way? I think it is
important that the skeg /rudder be fully retractable.
paul