Kinder… hah!
Or it could be that an experienced paddler fitting a large solo tripping canoe with a rudder for open water paddling isn’t quite as whacky as putting a skeg on a pumpkin seed canoe.
OTOH if I had a Pack it would sport a skeg for sure, no a rudder, no a skeg, AAHHHHH!
Rig your boat how you like. If it works, we’ll all copy you. If it doesn’t, go to plan B.
In the mean time,
Paddle Hard!
crazy canoe guy Tommy
My Bad?
Don’t know if I was one of the self full…er…fool “experts” who knocked the idea of a rudder or skeg back then, but I have held that oppinion, that most folks for most canoe paddling sure as heck didn’t need 'em, and ought to work on paddling skills. Hopefully I would have said that in a civil way :-). That is still true to my mind, but I’m less rigid in my thinking about it now.
P.net has sure smartened me up. The more I’m on here the more I know, but also the more I realize I don’t know. …think I’ll go revise the profile down to raw beginner. 
I’m suprised nobody’s mentioned Souris…
Souris River Canoe has a Sealine rudder mounted to one of their rigs…
http://www.redrockstore.com/tranquility.html
Here’s a link to the pic…
http://www.redrockstore.com/sourisrudder/carveturn.jpg
