Hi Guys,

I have successfully made a kayak that wouldn't go straight at all now into a perfectly straight tracking kayak.
It was a "Dancer" style I was told, and had no fin, keel or skeg at all. Rounded, no "V" or any bite into the water.
So I added a huge big long skeg/keel. and happily it is now so straight that you can stop paddling and it will keep gliding perfectly straight for 30 seconds. It is now easy to paddle whereas I could not paddle for even 5 minutes before the effort was too much on my back.
I don't know who designed it with so little grip in the water, but it now has the same draft - because of the up sloping bow and sterns and this is where the skeg went.
Otherwise it was a good design, with comfy seat and nice decks and so on.
Completely unusable, but now really easy and good fun.

Pictures in "Kayak alteration" photos section.

Doug Haines
West AUs