good idea , would involve lots of parts ! , check out "Keri-tek" with a google search , they make a retractable skeg/rudder combo all in a cartrige and used in sea kayaks. Kinda cool but again , lots of parts and heavy , also sorting out and routing control lines , pedals etc....... my last sea kayak i ordered custom without skeg , the hull shaped lended itself to this (very balanced and not skeg dependent). NOT like a surfski which is I am sure you know very dependent on the rudder. Point being I ordered the boat with simplicity and more space in the aft compartment for multiday trips. I personally prefer the mechanisms (rudder on a ski) to be simple , strong and low maintainace (all = SEAWORTHY). If you have lots of parts you have more chance of them failing (aside the catastrophic failure of whacking a reef or a hard run aground). I am sure others will mention the weight. Kinda intrested to see if Epic will evolve the hull integrated rudder to surfskis?
