> Method # 3 was tried, too: > > http://foldingkayaks.org/gallery/Outboard/Hikeboard > > The white-ish rope is exactly such an arrangement - not to my wife's liking at > all! Possibly with a better balanced rudder, And with a lesser chorde or turn radius. Vertical long rudder is easier to turn than wider and shorter with the same wetted area. Easier to bend, too :-), even when it is 1/8" (3 mm) aluminum, if there is no stiffening strip that goes all the way down the blade (like in Dal Stanley's rudder). *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Aug 03 2004 - 12:06:01 PDT
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