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Skegs increase waterline length?
Posted by: Northyak on Nov-08-12 11:31 AM (EST)

From a hydrodynamic perspective, does a deployed skeg increase the effective waterline length of a boat, and thus increase the (effective) maximum speed and/or add more efficiency? Does this balance the negative effects of added drag?

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deploy skeg on flat water - gjf12 - Nov-06-12 2:58 PM
- Skeg - rjd9999 - Nov-06-12 3:38 PM
- I can address the Tempest RM - edzep - Nov-06-12 4:07 PM
- Why? - scott_f - Nov-06-12 4:13 PM
- Partial Deployment - Dr_Disco - Nov-06-12 4:49 PM
  - that's the best part about a skeg - slushpaddler - Nov-07-12 11:21 PM
- forward stroke practice - nickjc - Nov-06-12 5:59 PM
- Rowing shells, which do not suffer from - g2d - Nov-06-12 7:48 PM
- Technique and equipment - willi_h2o - Nov-06-12 8:14 PM
  - wing stroke" waggle" - gstamer - Nov-09-12 9:55 AM
    - is drafting viewed negatively? - slushpaddler - Nov-13-12 12:37 PM
    - drafting "rules" - gstamer - Nov-13-12 3:42 PM
- Drag - Waterbird - Nov-07-12 11:18 PM
  - no need - gjf12 - Nov-08-12 10:23 AM
    - :-) - Waterbird - Nov-08-12 11:34 AM
- Consider Olympic flatwater kayakers - Glenn_MacGrady - Nov-08-12 12:15 AM
  - Don't know, but single sculls don't have - g2d - Nov-08-12 1:10 AM
    - scull shell vs kayak - abc - Nov-08-12 11:22 AM
      - Brilliant. Irrelevant. - g2d - Nov-08-12 5:40 PM
        
        exactly! - abc - Nov-08-12 6:32 PM
- Skegs increase waterline length? - Northyak - Nov-08-12 11:31 AM
  - My over the stern skeg probably does - ricknriver - Nov-08-12 12:01 PM
  - I doubt it - abc - Nov-08-12 6:39 PM
- Nordlow better without skeg - M-J-B - Nov-13-12 9:58 AM