Watson Marine Engineering Skegs

Watson Marine supplies custom skegs which are usually manufactured in manganese bronze or nickel aluminium bronze. The skegs are hand finished to ensure smooth aerofoil sections which are essential for good water flow into the propeller.

Special skegs can be fabricated in stainless steel and aluminium to suit customer requirements.

The design of the skeg can be crucial to the performance of a power cruiser. Optimum shape should be achieved to ensure no unnecessary drag is created.

Skegs can be fabricated to suit a range of vessels from a typical production sailing cruiser to a twin screw power cruiser. Skegs can be of either a standard platform type which bolts directly onto the hull of the vessel or a glass in type skeg which is fibreglassed through the hull of the vessel. Both of these types of skegs are supplied with water lubricated bearings to enhance water flow onto the propeller.