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Making a rudder and dagger-board (newbie)
Andrew Butchart wrote: There's a couple of different ways to make a kick-up rudder. The most common is to use a case with the rudder on a pivot in the middle. There's a couple of pictures of one I built at http://www.floatingbear.ca/MiniCupModifications.htm. You may also want to check out Jim Michelak's free online newsletters for more ideas - http://homepages.apci.net/~michalak/ BTW - I've used barn-boards (1 X 12 pine) that is easily available to me as rudders and daggerboards and they've been inexpensive and worked well. -- Andrew Butchart Now, that looks like a fairly simple design. What did you use for the sides of the rudder box? Luan, or marine plywood? Or something else? And what did you finish the wood with? Also, what would make an inexpensive substitute for a hockey stick for a tiller? Does it have to be hardwood, or would more of the "barn board" work? And what did you use for hinges? It looks like the hinge hookups on the Snark are two metal tabs with holes drilled through them vertically, like one long pin (or 2 short ones) is supposed to drop through them. Thanks! |
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