In between the nice trips with the Shadow I also did some work on the Legend to add the retractable skeg. I had ordered a Kari-Tek cable skeg with a modern fin style skeg blade. In my opinion a good match for the sporty Legend.
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| adapted brush |
Despite the preparation of tools and dry practice the job got out of hand very soon: The first fixation with thickened polyester resin went reasonably well but when I started to add glass tape to the sides of the skeg box it soon became a mess. After some thinking I came to the conclusion that the only way for a reliable fixing was to open up the rear deck to get ample access to the skegbox area. You see it sometimes on old kayaks with an after market built-in skeg. I decided to make the cut under the grip lines as this may be the least notable place.
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| opening the rear deck |
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| the first fixation of the skeg box |
After removing the surplus of polyester I could pour in topcoat to fill the remaining gaps. And I added glass tape between the side walls of the box and the hull. All of this was now much easier working through the large opening.
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| after the second fixation |
The topcoat has nicely filled the space between box and hull and I could trim the edges of the skeg box on the outside.
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| after smoothing out |
That is a impressive project.
ReplyDeleteMost people would be very afraid to do this.
And most people would be not capable to do it.
congratulations on rigging a skeg on your boat.
It will be a very good tool for your Falcon Sail.