josko Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 I'm having a hard time finding the correct rope to replace my Explorer rope skeg. 3 mm rope seems to fit in the skeg and skegbox, but is to small for the cleat. 4 mm rope fits fine in the cleat, but jams up in the skegbox. I'm now thinking of splicing some 3 mm and 4 mm rope or replacing the deck cleat with a smaller one, but before I do, thought I'd put it up here: what is the correct line for use with the NDK rope skeg? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEL Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 FWIW, NDK says they use 4mm rope. Ed Lawson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josko Posted September 18, 2014 Author Share Posted September 18, 2014 I saw that on their website, but just can't get it to fit in the box. It jams up at the overhead knot after the line goes through the skeg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick stoehrer Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 As for the correct size....if its on their website...it may still be a guess. what do you find works?I've got thicker line up by the jam cleat cause it jams in better and then that comes down to a simple pulley that is tied off to thinner line that runs down to the skeg. So far has worked as well as anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scamlin Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 I had the same issue of the knot at the skeg blade binding in the skeg box.The line is nylon, so I just heated it with a match and when it melted, just squashed it flush with the blade using a putty knife. That was several years ago and it's worked fine since.Cheers,Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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