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I am in the process of attaching the skeg to the Prameke...Should I bed it in epoxy with stainless steel screws and washers also securing it. Or bed in marine grade calk. The thing that concerns me is if I ever have to replace the skeg that has been embedded in epoxy...well, its going to break off some of the hull in the epoxied area.

Please advise

Best

Seatime

Epoxy. If I recall screws should be temporary. To remove the skeg use a oscillating multi tool (what I call the SOB tool). With that and a flush cut blade you can get right at the hull with no damage.

If you think about it, leaving a tad of the old skeg as a "mounting stump" would make a new skeg easier to attach. Scribe a straight line on the old skeg, cut off the damaged part, make a new "all straight edges" skeg, epoxy, glass, fair and graphite. shape, alignment and clamping would be a bit easier than trying to match the curves of the hull.

It's shown in the Sticth and Glue 101:
http://bateau2.com/howto/sg101_8.php

No screws or nails in our boat hulls.

Thanks for the info and link in regard to the keel/skeg installation. WILL DO!