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Sussex Lad
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Topic: Rudder types Posted: 14 Aug 19 at 2:29pm |
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.....makes perfect sense.
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rich96
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 14 Aug 19 at 2:38pm | |
Any form of bungee to hold down a rudder is useless(unless its a pottering boat) You need either sacrificial pin or rope and cleat |
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H2
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 14 Aug 19 at 2:48pm | |
Personally I would stick to either a cassette or a rotating rudder and would be very unlikely to have a fixed one as its too much faff worrying about hitting something or coming in out of control to the beach. I think years back there was a fad around fixed which is why so many boats now have them but I think the majority have worked out that the very marginal additions of less weight / more stiffness have been offset by modern kit which is so much better and still easy to use!
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H2 #115 (sold)
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Sussex Lad
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 14 Aug 19 at 2:54pm | |
Wrong..... Been using it when required for 10 yrs and have had absolutely no issue with it. As for my boat being a pottering boat......well that depends on perspective....... and I struggled to stay polite with my response. |
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rich96
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 14 Aug 19 at 3:20pm | |
Perhaps I wasn't clear - apologies We used to use bungee on training/instructing boats and they worked for that adequately However, if you are after a racing set up (minimal movement/max stiffness etc) a bungee (shock cord) is not the way to go. |
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Sussex Lad
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 14 Aug 19 at 4:43pm | |
Fair enough, Rich. I can be a touchy so and so at times........ doubled up 12mm bungee pulled tight with enough stretch left to allow the blade to come up if grounded is more than enough to hold down the rudder of all of the boats I've ever owned (or would want to own) with no movement whatsoever, even on a 3 sail planing reach. Mind you, I don't aspire to anything more than doing reasonably well in club races. If I was an olympian things may be different.
Yes, I think you're right. Waving flags at an open in a week or so. The class in question makes use of fixed rudders. I'll see how they get on. |
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