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Hi all ive been thinking about altering my rudder profile as it very small incomparison to other boats of the same size as mine .
its fine when at sea but very slow to react when approaching and leaving my finger berth moorings.:boat:
I was going to perhaps try starting by adding approximately 2" to the overall profile of the rudder and see what that gave me ,there is plenty of room to do this without it fouling any surrounding parts of the boat .
Iam worried that by giving a too larger surface area to the rudder this might cause steering problems when going astern, as ive heard of larger rudders being trouble to get from lock to lock when going astern because of a large surface area being forced against the water.I have spoken to several different people with several different views. :secret:
What has been suggested to me is termed as fish tailing the rudder which involes welding a lenght of angle iron to the trailing edge of the rudder,( like a fish tail ).
This apparently helps when at low speeds and at close quarters by giving the rudder the required lock and by giving quick squirts on the throttle ,causing the prop wash to react on the rudder. :g:
This sounded possible ive not heard of it before and was wondering if anybody has heard of it or used this method before.
Best regards NORSE
Malcolm
its fine when at sea but very slow to react when approaching and leaving my finger berth moorings.:boat:
I was going to perhaps try starting by adding approximately 2" to the overall profile of the rudder and see what that gave me ,there is plenty of room to do this without it fouling any surrounding parts of the boat .
Iam worried that by giving a too larger surface area to the rudder this might cause steering problems when going astern, as ive heard of larger rudders being trouble to get from lock to lock when going astern because of a large surface area being forced against the water.I have spoken to several different people with several different views. :secret:
What has been suggested to me is termed as fish tailing the rudder which involes welding a lenght of angle iron to the trailing edge of the rudder,( like a fish tail ).
This apparently helps when at low speeds and at close quarters by giving the rudder the required lock and by giving quick squirts on the throttle ,causing the prop wash to react on the rudder. :g:
This sounded possible ive not heard of it before and was wondering if anybody has heard of it or used this method before.
Best regards NORSE
Malcolm