I more permanently mounted the test skeg I made the other day. I spread a little goop between the keelson and the skeg where the screw holes were, and tightened it down. It didn't seem to leak during our four hour paddle on DeSoto today. I scraped it on the boat ramp as I was pushing off as you can see in the picture. It's made of pine and not very strong. I'll reshape, sand and maybe coat it with marine epoxy. You can see how crudely the skeg is made and I'm sure it violates many hydrodynamic rules, but it does the job. The craft tracked real well during the paddle and still remained very responsive to turns.
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