Carbon Rudder
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Category: Dinghy classes
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Topic: Carbon Rudder
Posted By: stuarthop
Subject: Carbon Rudder
Date Posted: 18 Apr 05 at 9:58pm
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Can some people help me? Our lifting rudder on the scorpion snapped the other day. We want to replace it with a carbon fixed rudder. But we're struggling to find companies in the uk who build carbon rudders. Does anybody know of some we can try, as we dont have the skills to build our own. Thanks scorpion 1971 ------------- |
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Posted By: timnoyce
Date Posted: 18 Apr 05 at 10:03pm
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well i know a man who could build you one..... http://www.bloodaxeboats.co.uk/ - http://www.bloodaxeboats.co.uk/ he makes some of the best cherub and 470 foils so i'm sure he could make you one for your scorpion. ------------- http://www.facebook.com/bearfootdesign - BEARFOOT DESIGN Cherub 2648 - Comfortably Numb |
Posted By: andy_cherub
Date Posted: 19 Apr 05 at 2:13am
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Yer, Andy Patterson at Bloodaxe - his foils are mint!! ps - are you sure your allowed a carbon rudder on a scorp? Im restoring one, with a twist....... puttin an asmy kite and trapeze on! ps - quicksilver foils are pretty sexy too ------------- -12ft skiff, Team 'CST Composites' -Many thanks goes out to all of my sponsors. Ignore my user name, my views are of a 12ft skiff |
and was gona make it a carbon cassette rudder?!Posted By: stuarthop
Date Posted: 19 Apr 05 at 9:35am
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Yeah its within class rules to do anything you like with your rudder aslong as it doesnt have t foils. Do you have any contact details for quicksilver foils? ------------- |
Posted By: timnoyce
Date Posted: 19 Apr 05 at 10:12am
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quicksilver foils are here...... http://homepages.which.net/%7Ealan.powell/ - http://homepages.which.net/~alan.powell/ ------------- http://www.facebook.com/bearfootdesign - BEARFOOT DESIGN Cherub 2648 - Comfortably Numb |
Posted By: jeffers
Date Posted: 19 Apr 05 at 2:06pm
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Stuart, You might want to try Gosling Dinghycraft or CPC Boatworks. I know Kevin (Gosling) makes some amazing light foils, he did a centreboard for a friend of mine that wiehgt practically nothing! (It was balsawood wrapped in carbon apparently). You might find sneaking round the Scorp class website will get you a few ideas as well. (http://www.sailscorpion.co.uk) I don't think that Gosling or CPC have a website but I could be wrong (Google will tell for sure). Regards, Paul ------------- Paul ---------------------- D-Zero GBR 74 |
Posted By: Lucy Lee
Date Posted: 19 Apr 05 at 6:09pm
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Alternatively, really do consider making one yourself. It's not at all hard and very satisfying. You can make it out of insulating foam (used for cold-store floor panels) with a wood stringer, covered in a couple of layers of weave & unis. We made our in the sitting room of our one bed flat (the blue foam went everywhere!) and it is still going strong. Neither of us had any experience making foils before. ------------- Fly Cherub! |
Posted By: Jack Sparrow
Date Posted: 19 Apr 05 at 7:54pm
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Or here:
------------- http://www.uk3-7class.org/index.html" rel="nofollow - Farr 3.7 Class Website https://www.facebook.com/groups/1092602470772759/" rel="nofollow - Farr 3.7 Building - Facebook Group |
Posted By: stuarthop
Date Posted: 20 Apr 05 at 8:47pm
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tahnks guys we're gunna get 1 from bloodaxe ------------- |