There are no dumb questions, right? A friendbs given me an old Klepper leeboard set, which Ibm hoping to adapt as a b tossedb (throw over) leeboard for sailing my hardshell boat. The Klepper leeboard is a Scalene (all sides different lengths) triangle. Ibm clear that the b pointyb end goes upmost, butb& On the web, Ibve found various photos of Klepper leeboards in use. As best I can make out, in some of the photos, the longest side of the leeboard is facing boward, as the leading edge. This is counter to what my intutitive way of using it would have been: I would have faced the second shortest side forward, so that it was vertical in the water, with the longest side the trailing edge, so that the surface area tapers off towards the stern, like most rudders Ibve seen. And indeed, therebs a photo of a young John Winters doing (I think) just this at http://www.watertribe.org/Magazine/March152000/horton.asp Ibm hoping paddlewisers generally, or John Winters and/or Ralph Diaz, will set me straight on this, so to speak. An explanation of the hydrodynamic rationale for the answer would be a bonus... Philip *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Mar 04 2005 - 22:09:20 PST
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