In a message dated 98-11-20 07:40:57 EST, 735769_at_ican.net writes: << As I think I mentioned in another post, reducing the area of the rudder will probably cure the lee helm problem and giving it an airfoil shape will make it work better anyway. >> Not to get into the nits too far, John, but do you think that applies to skegs as well? My Pintail's stock skeg is basically slab sided with the edges bevelled off, but there's certainly no attempt to have the shape be a foil. I use the skeg deployed at about 30 degrees when I'm lazy and want the boat to do part of the tracking, and deployed more when I'm surfing down following seas; it does develop a lot of chatter when it's down more than 20 to 30 degrees. Would fairing it out to more of a foil decrease the vibration? Jack Martin *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Nov 20 1998 - 05:32:58 PST
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