Center of lateral resistance and rudder protection?
Ok, I ran out of epoxy putting another layer of fiberglass tape over
my chines. So i've been thinking way too much......
Back to my leeboarded psuedo micro :)
I was checking out the rudder on martha jane:
http://mkstocks.tripod.com/boats/martha_jane/launch/index.htm
What would be the effect (lateral resistance wise) of adding a skeg
forward of the rudder to protect it from hits. This is one of the
few inboard rudders of bolger's design that has a verticle shaft as
opposed to a canted one like on as19.....still eyeballing those
refined martha jane elephant ear boards. Anyone know what the angle
of the boards are?
Since i would loose quite a bit of laterial plane by ditching the
keel and replacing it with a leeboards. Does that mean it's ok to
scale down the rudder......AS19 and martha jane both have smaller
rudders than micro even though they are larger boats.
Sorry i can't help myself
Jason
my chines. So i've been thinking way too much......
Back to my leeboarded psuedo micro :)
I was checking out the rudder on martha jane:
http://mkstocks.tripod.com/boats/martha_jane/launch/index.htm
What would be the effect (lateral resistance wise) of adding a skeg
forward of the rudder to protect it from hits. This is one of the
few inboard rudders of bolger's design that has a verticle shaft as
opposed to a canted one like on as19.....still eyeballing those
refined martha jane elephant ear boards. Anyone know what the angle
of the boards are?
Since i would loose quite a bit of laterial plane by ditching the
keel and replacing it with a leeboards. Does that mean it's ok to
scale down the rudder......AS19 and martha jane both have smaller
rudders than micro even though they are larger boats.
Sorry i can't help myself
Jason