Re: Rudder Failure - builder error!

Posted by alopenboat on
URL: http://uk-hbbr-forum.61.s1.nabble.com/Rudder-Failure-builder-error-tp3338284p3349577.html

On 17 Sep 2011 at 11:04, Port-Na-Storm [via UK HBBR Forum] wrote:

>
>
> 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.
>

When he was at school my elder brother built a 15ft Percy Blandford
canoe and fitted it with sails. It sailed perfectly well on lakes and
rivers but every time it was sailed on the sea the lee boards broke.
We came to the conclusion that it was not the leeway load that was
the problem but the surging due to the waves.

Strong winds may only be a part of the problem.

--
Hoping for calm nights

Alastair Law,      
Yeovil, England.
<http://www.little.jim.freeuk.com>