RE: [Paddlewise] Rudder facts (was Weatherhelm)

From: Robert Woodard <woodardr_at_tidalwave.net>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 07:23:41 -0400
> 3) To steer the boat.
>
> Definition: Rudder, noun. Flat piece hinged to vessel's stern for steering
> with. (Pocket Oxford Dictionary)
>
> I think this is what most people use it for.

Chalk this up to my being somewhat new to kayaks. I thought someone had
taught me a rudder on a kayak was used to make it go straight.

> In any case, John appears to be
> writing about leeway, which affects both the ruddered and the rudderless
> similarly.

Once again I misunderstood. John wrote leeway and I attributed it to the
effects of a leeboard! My apologies to John for mis-applying his words.

Woody (looking for something to pry my foot out of my mouth)


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