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    Straight skeg vs swept skeg on sportmaster

    In a single engine application is there a marked advantage to using a swept skeg vs a straight skeg other than the built in torque tab? That can be epoxied on the straight skeg anyway.

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    Alot more skeg. If your running really high you need all you can get. JMO

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    More skeg the better but swept gives the tab a bit more leverage.

    I know guys who have been 127+ with a strait skeg and a tab on it.
    Quartershot T-3R 15" 3.5L E-Tec 1.62 Sportmaster


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    I'm using a 3.0L straight skeg sporty with a Bob's add-on tab on a 21' Checkmate. The tab really helped the handling. I run the engine high, often 1"-2" above the pad. It seems to work well but I've also wondered if I'm missing anything by not having a swept back skeg?

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    i run a swept skeg but mounted torque tab straight worked great 0 torque no hyd steering.

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    epoxy is the way to go you can hand form it to a nice curve i use the hardware 2 part comes like a cigar shape just rough up edge of skeg mush the putty roll it on flat surface like a worm use saran wrap a your thumbs and form it on skeg looks factory stays on

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