At 04:28 PM 10/6/99 +0000, Mark Zen wrote: >At 13:05 10/6/99 -0700, 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. > >i don't think i have ever seen a sailboat without a rudder, i think this >must fall into the "appropriate use of a tool" catagory, you haven't sinned, >you've been blessed with a gift, to see a use for an otherwise... ;-p > >mark In the book "Alone in the Carribbean" (1917) the sailing canoe Yakaboo did not have a rudder the centerboard was on sheaves and could be slid forward or backwards and was steered with the sails only Dana *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Oct 06 1999 - 15:58:13 PDT
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