Ralph wrote; >Regarding rudders and drag and other phenomena they engender, I am >surprised that our designer gurus like Matt Broze and John Winters have >taken such an aversion to them instead of working on re-design. They >have somehow missed a simple modification that will make any rudder work >better and eliminate many of the detrimental physical phenomena >associated with rudders. TUT TUT Ralph. I have no aversion to rudders or skegs. I see a place in the great world of paddling for all creeds but that doens't eman i would let my daughter marry one. By the way, I have offered up a lot of methods to improve rudders and skegs but people won't take me seriously. Don't know why not. (SNIP) >Holes in a rudder cut down on drag significantly, so much so that you >hardly know you have a rudder...believe me. They also lighten the >rudder greatly and ease the problem of proper boat trim that Matt Broze >is always carrying on about. > >BTW, the origins of this modification come from Switzerland. Has Ralph tugged on your leg? I saw my first "Swiss Rudder" back in the mid sixties. The owner said, "Believe me it works." After a couple of races he was back to his original rudder. The "Swiss Cheese" spinnaker also made a comeback on the sixties after lying dormant for three or four decades. It too disappeared or maybe they just made the holes too big. Cheers, John Winters Redwing Designs Web site address, http://home.ican.net/~735769 *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Oct 07 1999 - 07:59:08 PDT
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