Re: How to work the Kick-up Rudder?

JBlumhorst@aol.com
Tue, 25 May 1999 19:43:01 EDT


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In a message dated 5/25/99 10:56:25 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
sfoshee@yahoo.com writes:

> When in the water, the
> bottom portion of our rudder tends to drift backwards
> as we go forward. This forces me to secure the tie
> down line to keep it straight down when underway.
> When we grounded, this forced the rudder up and out of
> its brackets instead of just causing the bottom
> portion to kick back.

Hi Webgang,

I have posted a sketch of a very elegant, simple design for a spring loaded
kick-up rudder. It's an adaptation of the spring-loaded system used on the
Force 5 Rudder.

<A HREF="http://members.aol.com/norma1002/Springruddr.html">P19 Rudder -
Spring-loaded Kick-up Design
</A>

Judy B