Re: Rudder Failure - builder error!

Posted by Frogsider on
URL: http://uk-hbbr-forum.61.s1.nabble.com/Rudder-Failure-builder-error-tp3338284p3344747.html

My centreboard is 12mm and seems to be able to take the load.  Sail area is about 3.5sqm.

I'm wondering if I had cut the rudder blade on a diagonal from the ply sheet, instead of with its axis parallel to the edge of the sheet, it might not have snapped so easily.

Now I'm considering using a rudder blade of 8mm aluminium which I hear is easy to cut with normal hand or power tools.  It should be up to the job, and if not it should bend a bit rather than snap right off.