Skag / Skeg

[Cheap Thrills]

Either is correct according to Webster's.
Definition of Skag - Webster's 1913 Dictionary n.1.(Naut.) An additional piece fastened to the keel of a boat to prevent lateral motion.
Definition of Skeg - Webster's 1913 Dictionary n (Naut.) The after part of the keel of a vessel, to which the rudder is attached.
C.T. :wink:

[Misogynist]

Originally posted by Cheap Thrills
Either is correct according to Webster's.
Definition of Skag - Webster's 1913 Dictionary n.1.(Naut.) An additional piece fastened to the keel of a boat to prevent lateral motion.
Definition of Skeg - Webster's 1913 Dictionary n (Naut.) The after part of the keel of a vessel, to which the rudder is attached.
C.T. :wink: Skag... skeg... skank... the part of the boat above the keel that goes down on the captain....

[Ziggy]

Sounds more like one is attached to the boat and one is not. Well maybe indirectly.

[JetBoatRich]

Originally posted by Cheap Thrills
Either is correct according to Webster's.
Definition of Skag - Webster's 1913 Dictionary n.1.(Naut.) An additional piece fastened to the keel of a boat to prevent lateral motion.
Definition of Skeg - Webster's 1913 Dictionary n (Naut.) The after part of the keel of a vessel, to which the rudder is attached.
C.T. :wink:
Another ***boat lesson learned

[HighRoller]

Skag: The woman who goes down on the captain.
Skeg: The part of an outdrive that gets knocked off when the skag goes down on the captain.

[Essex502]

Skag or Scag is also a slang for Heroin.

[uvindex]

Webster's 1913 DictionaryUmmm, lots of words have changed, gone away, been added since 1913. My 2000+ page Webster's Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language (1989) contains skeg, but has no entry for skag. So, I recommend skeg unless you're talking to an old salt who was boating in 1913.
Happy boating!

[rrrr]

Originally posted by RatherBeInLHC
Ummm, lots of words have changed, gone away, been added since 1913. My 2000+ page Webster's Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language (1989) contains skeg, but has no entry for skag. So, I recommend skeg unless you're talking to an old salt who was boating in 1913.
Happy boating!
Arrrrrrrrrrgh, ye lubber. Weigh anchor or I'll give ye a taste of the cap'n's daughter.

[uvindex]

I'll take door #2 (cap'n's daughter) please.

[Mandelon]

Too funny you guys picked this up. Ever since I've known boats and surfed its always been skeg. Skeg is right.
"Skag" is a grommet term that means "I am stupid and don't know the proper terms for surfboard parts."
I can see that Skag could be a shortened version of skank + hag.