I noticed the forward rake with my original rudder head. Can't remember if I still have the forward rake with my new rudder head.
John
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Tipster1 wrote:I suspect that a partly raised rudder will give me more sculling-power.
Tipster1 wrote:If a rudder blade were perfectly symmetrically balanced, which I assume to mean that there was as much area in front of a line extended down from pivot point as behind that line AND the boat had a weather helm for safety, meaning without correction the boat turns into the wind, then you would have to be steering off the wind to maintain course. That would increase drag, so I guess a totally balanced rudder would be a bad idea, theoretically, unless you want to re-tune the boat and give up weather helm.
Tipster1 wrote:In my youth I had a boat that was so nicely balanced...
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