# skeg / bottom protection

**URL:** <https://forum.clcboats.com/t/skeg-bottom-protection/48971>\
**Category:** Builder's Forum\
**Created:** [August 24, 2021, 8:16am UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/skeg-bottom-protection/48971 "2021-08-24T08:16:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Holger\_Marseille](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/13edae/32.png) [@Holger\_Marseille](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Holger_Marseille)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 8:16am UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/skeg-bottom-protection/48971/1 "2021-08-24T08:16:40Z")

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Hello forum,  
my dinghy will see quite a bit of dragging on and off sandy shore and I am wondering what I should do to protect the bottom and the skeg a bit more.&nbsp;  
Fiberglass, aluminium, stainless, graphite?  
What are the other folks using?  
  
Cheers!&nbsp;

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**Author:** ![Ed\_Merrens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ed\_Merrens](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Ed_Merrens)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/skeg-bottom-protection/48971/2 "2021-08-24T12:43:46Z")

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I doubled up the fiberglass on my Skerry hull and added brass rubrails material to bow and skeg with bronze screws ![]() ![]()

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**Author:** ![Paul\_Green1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Paul\_Green1](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Paul_Green1)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/skeg-bottom-protection/48971/3 "2021-08-24T16:40:40Z")

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&nbsp; &nbsp;I had similar thoughts about the skeg on my Peapod. &nbsp;I encapsulated the skeg in a layer of glass cloth which also helped reinforce the fillet.

Paul

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**Author:** ![Ed\_Merrens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ed\_Merrens](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Ed_Merrens)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/skeg-bottom-protection/48971/4 "2021-08-24T22:12:00Z")

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&nbsp; &nbsp;Yes...supporting the skeg and fillet makes this a really strong part of the hull. I added the wormshoe on top of this in case I need to replace it, but that is unlikely.

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**Author:** ![Ed\_Merrens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ed\_Merrens](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Ed_Merrens)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/skeg-bottom-protection/48971/5 "2021-08-24T22:32:53Z")

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Ok, I think I figured out the pictures this time...hope it works. &nbsp;&nbsp; ![]()

Glassing the skeg ![]()

brass rubrail over epoxied and varnished wormshoe ![]()