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Re: Seeking: Home made under the stern rudder
By:Tom Raymond
Date: 12/8/2008, 2:28 pm
In Response To: Re: Seeking: Home made under the stern rudder (JohnK)

Seems to me that the simplest solution here is to build both a rudder and a skeg with seperate controls. The skeg when fully deployed would fill the slot in the hull and eliminate the drag of an open slot when the rudder is turned to either side. The rudder would be sized to fit into the skeg slot. A couple magnets would be all it would take to provide the centering effort and should be enough to lift the rudder into the skeg slot, they're tough enough to hold hatches on. The tough part would be lifting the rudder pivot into the hull, either the entire steering quadrant would have to lift in concert with the skeg controls or it would require a slip shaft.

Tom

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Seeking: Home made under the stern rudder
Belton Dykes -- 12/3/2008, 11:13 am
Any update, anyone?
Mihail -- 9/15/2009, 6:24 pm
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Phelps Holloway -- 12/16/2008, 8:50 am
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Larry C. -- 12/5/2008, 6:18 pm
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Terry Haines -- 12/7/2008, 4:09 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/8/2008, 12:56 am
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Kent LeBoutillier -- 12/3/2008, 7:22 pm
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Belton Dykes -- 12/4/2008, 11:18 am
Re: Seeking: Home made under the stern rudder *LINK*
Kent LeBoutillier -- 12/3/2008, 6:59 pm
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JohnK -- 12/3/2008, 4:35 pm
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Reg Lake -- 12/3/2008, 8:19 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/4/2008, 9:26 am
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JohnK -- 12/4/2008, 5:24 pm
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JohnK -- 12/5/2008, 12:49 am
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Tom Raymond -- 12/8/2008, 2:28 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/9/2008, 1:14 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/5/2008, 10:01 am
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JohnK -- 12/7/2008, 1:28 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/7/2008, 4:25 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/3/2008, 6:05 pm
Re: Seeking: Home made under the stern rudder *Pic*
Reg Lake -- 12/3/2008, 12:59 pm
Under Stern Rudder Concept *Pic*
Reg Lake -- 12/9/2008, 8:28 pm
Re: Under Stern Rudder Concept
JohnK -- 12/10/2008, 10:50 pm
Re: Under Stern Rudder Concept
Reg Lake -- 12/12/2008, 1:39 pm
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Alex Ferguson -- 12/10/2008, 4:51 pm
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JohnK -- 12/3/2008, 4:13 pm
Re: Seeking: Home made under the stern rudder *Pic*
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 12/3/2008, 12:07 pm