Re: [Paddlewise] Help a Rudderite sin.

Richard G. Mitchell, Jr. wrote:
> 
> Well I should have read the sermons before piping up in church but amid
> all this fervor I did have a question about rudders, that well, may have
> been drowned out by the burbling of cavitation and the singing of the
> choir.  I asked before and now do humbly do so again, about, well...
> 
>      Problem: how to sail a Feathercraft K1 with a small Balogh
>      Batwing
>      sail.  The Klepper standard rudder on my Aerius I worked well
>      with the
>      same sail.   Now I'm trying to make the K1 into a practical
>      sailor.  The
>      standard Feathercraft K1 rudder is much smaller and less
>      powerful than
>      the Klepper Aerius I setup.  What would be the consequences of
>      (gasp) using the larger
>      blade from the Feathercraft K2 rudder on the K1, perhaps
>      shortened to
>      approximately the same length as the K1 item?
> 
> Have mercy on my aquatic soul and give me some ideas.  Thanks.
> 
> Richard G. Mitchell, Jr.
> Corvallis, Oregon
> 

Richard, drop a line to the master himself, Mark. I have sent a copy of 
this to him as well.

James

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