Re: Rudder Failure - builder error!

Posted by Port-Na-Storm on
URL: http://uk-hbbr-forum.61.s1.nabble.com/Rudder-Failure-builder-error-tp3338284p3344652.html

I have to admit after your experience I'm wondering whether the 9mm centreboard I'm about to fit to Katie Beardie will be up to the job. She is a 16' sailing canoe which will have a 40sqft or so sail area. I don't plan to be out in strong winds, and if I am I'll probably drop the rig and run for it but you never know.
The case is made as is the board, and i've started the surgery to fit it into the hull so if I'm going to change my mind this is the time. My main consideration for using 9mm was to keep the weight down as I want to car top.

Of course I could build it to the specification on the plans, but as some of you know the plans aren't actually drawn yet. They must surely be in the designer's head but I fear they have been shoved into a dark recess by a certain 12ft premise and the need to navigate through bollards.

What dya think Cee Dubbs?