Topic: Sailboat Rudder
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How to Make a Fiberglass Sailboat Rudder
Sailboats are a good way to cruise across large bodies of water. Much like kayaks and other boats, rudders are used to steer sailboats through water. They are generally composed of an oblong piece of wood, plexiglass or fiberglass at the ba... Read More »
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How to Steer With the Tiller and Rudder on a Sailboat
Grab the tiller with your hand. On a small boat, this is a handle sticking up from the back of the boat and folds down so that you can grasp it in your hand and move it from one side of the boat to the other. Moving the handle of the tiller... Read More »
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What type of wood is used for sailboat rudder?
Dense hardwoods are used mostly. Read More »
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Is your boat feeling sluggish? It might be more than poor helmsmanship. Backing down is your best way to get rid of unwanted kelp.
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The option I would choose would be to make one.
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Go here, http://www.butterflyer.org/index.htm join and ask. If you are "jtopie" I guess you've already done that! or go here and ask them since they built it; http://www.windwardboatworks.com/
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I had a crack on the leading edge of my rudder on my CS27 a few years ago. It was between the lower and upper gudgeons with some below the waterline and some above. My rudder is outboard so it was fairly easy to remove and bring home for th...
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If a Marine grade panel is used, and these are thick enough (say 1" or more), plywood is sometimes acceptable. However, I've seen many plywood rudders and daggerboards break in use, and again, the problem is that areas of cross grain within...
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Source: http://glen-l.com/designs/hankinson/plywoodbb.html
