http://www.bluemoment.com/emergencyrudders.html

"Building it yourself is fairly simple if you have experience in
fiberglass composite construction. "

Very detailed, but no diagrams or images.

http://www.cruisingworld.com/article...ID=420&catID=0

Rudder Loads on the Modern Cruiser
To do their jobs, rudders must cope with enormous forces. So must
emergency rudders.

http://www.pacificcup.org/98/newsletters/dec-97.html

Preparing Your Boat

"Serious thought should be given to your emergency steering system. Do
not make it an afterthought in order to satisfy race regulations. The
system should be a familiar one and one which can be installed under
heavy weather conditions. Try simulating adverse conditions and see if
your emergency system plan works. Keep practicing until a high level
of competency is achieved. "

http://www.hydrovane.com/mechanicalselfsteering.html
An Overview of Mechanical Self Steering and Autopilots - By John Curry

http://www.selfsteer.com/products/sos/index.php

A prefab emerg. rudder you can buy

http://www.solimar.it/rudders.htm
Rudders, Shafts and Bearings

http://www.davisnet.com/marine/produ....asp?pnum=2205
Tiller Tamer™

Maintains cruising course with no hands, in any weather or wind
condition. The tension is smoothly adjustable from fully locked to
fully free. Tiller-Tamer gives improved control and feel to the tiller
handle. Does not interfere with automatic steering systems. No loss of
cockpit space. No need to lash the tiller when boat is moored or
trailered.

http://www.well.com/user/pk/PCrudder.html

PACIFIC CUP 1998
Preparation Seminar No. 1
Emergency Rudder Design and Construction
Berkeley Yacht Club
February 28 1998

http://westsystem.com/ewmag/22/rudder.html
Rebuilding a rudder

http://www.epoxyworks.com/

http://pineapplesails.com/articles/e_rudder/index.htm
Help with Emergency Rudder Installations

This is a collection of photos of emergency rudders, and their
installations.

I like this page, rather helpful

http://www.newrudders.com/
Anatomy of a Foam rudder

http://www.newrudders.com/Rudder_Care/rudder_care.html

http://www.mv.com/ipusers/whale/tillerstay/
TILLER STAY ® is a device that attaches to the tiller on a sailboat to
hold the tiller so the operator can let go of the tiller without the
boat changing course.

This site has many images of examples on different boats.

http://www.mahina.com/article.html
Rudder
How well is the rudder protected from logs and flotsam?

http://www.coastguides.com/sidebars/buoys.html
Fins and spade rudders are more vulnerable than full keels, ... The
Shabu, their 33' Nonesuch sailboat, will be wintering in South
Freeport (Brewer's) and ...

http://www.sailnet.com/collections/a...eid=jkrets0039
"How serious is losing your boat's rudder at sea? Consider this: In
compiling his comprehensive world-cruising survey several years ago,
noted sailor, rally organizer, and author Jimmy Cornell observed that
many seasoned skippers considered losing the rudder more traumatic and
dangerous than losing the mast. Rudder failure ranks right behind
holing, collision, and fire on that dubious list of "bad things that
happen to good boats."

http://144.92.9.188/hoofers/sailing/...420_manual.htm
Welcome to the 420’s! On this boat, emphasis is placed on learning
the finer details associated with sailing dinghies.

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Free EBook:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/11368/11368.txt

Title: Stories of Inventors
The Adventures Of Inventors And Engineers
STORIES OF INVENTORS


The Adventures Of Inventors And Engineers.
True Incidents And Personal Experiences
By
RUSSELL DOUBLEDAY
1904
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http://www.bluemoment.com/warpchainsplice.html

How to make a Warp to Chain Splice
A chain/warp splice is the only safe way to connect anchor warp to
anchor chain.


http://www.bluemoment.com/anchorrodes.html
by Alain Hylas (Inventor of the 'Spade' anchor)
CHAIN OR ROPE?

http://www.bluemoment.com/choosingananchor.html
Choosing An Anchor
by Alain Hylas (Inventor of the 'Spade' anchor)

http://www2.friend.ly.net/%7Edadadat..._contents.html

ALONE IN THE CARIBBEAN
Being the Yarn of a Cruise in the Lesser Antilles
in the Sailing Canoe "Yakaboo"

BY FREDERIC A. FENGER
ILLUSTRATED
COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY FREDERIC A. FENGER

http://www.channelpilot.info/azores/azores.htm

Preparing for a journey to the Azores from England takes a lot of time
and effort - particularly if one has a twenty year old boat. Although
only 7 metres - 23 foot - long,

http://www.mavc2002.com/caledoniayawl/aegresum.htm
Introduction - by Nick Grainger

12,000 miles in a 21ft Shetland boat?
A voyage from the North of Scotland (above) to Tahiti (right) and
beyond.....

http://www.widgetsailor.com/
The purpose of this site is to share my enjoyment of sailing
and my trailer sailer, the "Widget". I have a few pages showing my
boat and some of the things I have done to enhance her.