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  1. PDF Keel and Rudder Design

    Sponberg will look at keel and rudder engineering and construction, including calculating keelbolt sizes and rudderpost diameters. And, Milne will show examples Of his company's Text and illustrations by David Vacanti manufacturing processes. you're not an active member of the racing sailboat community, engine horsepower will produce

  2. 4 Rudder Types for Sailboats

    It is harder to move a full rudder than to move other types of rudders. Water flowing by the boat puts a great deal of pressure on a full keel rudder and makes the rudder hard to move. It takes a lot of force to push the rudder against the water moving past the boat. Spade rudders. Spade rudders are for fin keel boats rather than full keel boats.

  3. Building a Faster Rudder

    A boat with poorly trimmed sails and a crudely finished rudder will miss tacks and roll like a drunkard downwind when the waves are up. On the other hand, a rudder that is properly tuned will agilely swing the boat through tacks even in rough weather, and provide secure steering that helps prevents broaching when things get rolly.

  4. Rudder Mods for Low-speed Docking

    Sailboat rudders serve as both a control device for steering and lateral plane to develop lift. When sailing straight, or nearly so, the rudder operates at a relatively steady, low angle of attack. ... Finally, the narrow gap between the top of the rudder and the flat stern section of a racing sailboat effectively creates an endplate at the top ...

  5. How to Build Rudders & Centerboards

    Johnston, Ken, Some Thoughts on Rudder Sections, Multihulls Magazine (Jan/Feb 1980) 3. Eck Bransford, Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About 505 Fins 4. Lindsay, Mark, Centerboards and Rudders, Yacht Racing/Cruising Magazine (April 1981) 5. Abbott and Doenhoff, Theory of Wing Sections, Dover Publications, Inc. New York (1959) 6.

  6. Racing Sailing Yacht Rudder Design Engineering : Owen Clarke Design

    Owen Clarke Design are specialists in the design, analysis and engineering of sailing racing and cruising yacht rudders and foils. We extend this service to owners and sailboat designers, both for new boat, as well as troubleshooting and repair during the refit of existing yachts. Our smallest rudders to date have been on a 6.5m mini Transat ...

  7. What Is a Sailboat Rudder? An Overview of Its Function and Design

    Spade rudders are free-standing rudders that are not attached to any part of the boat and are commonly used in racing sailboats. The type of rudder used depends on the boat's size, design, and intended use. ... Sailboat rudders can last for many years, but at some point, replacement or upgrade may be necessary. ...

  8. All About the Rudder on a Sailboat

    All racing boats have a spade rudder, like most production boats used for club racing. Pick any modern fin keel boat from Beneteau, Jeanneau, Catalina, or Hunter, and you will find a spade rudder. Spade rudders are common on all modern cruising catamarans, from the Geminis to the Lagoons, Leopards, and Fountaine Pajots favored by cruisers and ...

  9. Making a Sailboat Rudder for an Offshore Yacht

    This design of sailboat rudder is something of a compromise between the spade rudder and the full skeg rudder. Supported at its mid-point by a half-depth skeg, it benefits by the area forward of the stock, below the skeg. This applies a balancing force as the rudder is turned making the steering lighter than it would otherwise be.

  10. Sailboat Rudders

    Sailboat Rudders. The primary purpose of sailboat rudders is of course to give the helmsman the ability to steer the boat, but a well-designed one will also provide hydrodynamic lift to windward, in the same manner as does the keel. These twin high-aspect ratio rudders on an all-out race boat are clearly optimised for their hydrodynamic ...

  11. Four Types of Rudders On Sailboats

    The boat will rest safely on its side until the tide returns and lifts the boat off the shoal. Spade Rudder. The spade rudder rests below the transom separate from the keel. A spade rudder turns easily because the water rushes both against its fore and aft edges - good when using a tiller. There's less wet area so the spade rudder is fast.

  12. Know Your Rudder

    After hull integrity, rudder integrity is the most vital component of a seaworthy vessel, yet most sailors pay more attention to LED lighting or smartphone apps than they do to their boat's rudder. Before you shrug off rudder failure as a remote concern, consider that the incidence of mid-ocean rudder failures is close to 1 percent.

  13. What is a Sailboat Rudder?

    A sailboat rudder steers the boat. A rudder is a hinged fin or blade mounted on the stern of the vessel that turns side to side, and it's controlled by a tiller or a helm. A rudder is one of the primary controls of a sailboat. When the boat moves forward through the water, the rudder causes friction on one side and changes the direction of the ...

  14. Rudder Craft

    At Rudder Craft we build every sailboat rudder with the singular focus of improving your sailboat's steering performance. In order to accomplish this our sailboat rudders incorporate a hydrofoil design, as a matter of course. Sailboats ranging from the West Wight Potter 15, all the way up to the MacGregor 36 and Catalina 42, will find a more ...

  15. Sailboat Rudder Types

    The boat racing along with less resistance. Spade and partial spades are becoming the most popular rudder type. The Hylas 70 has a partial spade rudder as well as early 54's. A skeg rudder is the most popular with the swiftness of a spade and the safety of a full. Skeg A skeg rudder is more modern in performance and safety.

  16. The Types of Sailboat Rudders

    On a sailboat, as the rudder is moved to one side by means of the tiller or steering wheel, the force of the water striking one edge of the rudder turns the stern in the other direction to turn the boat. Different types of rudders have different advantages and disadvantages. The type of rudder is often related to the boat's type of keel ...

  17. New C&C sailboat rudders

    C&C110 Rudder. A C&C110 racing team came to us to upgrade the rudder in their boat. The design is to the same planform as the original, but is lighter in weight with carbon shaft and proper cross sectional shapes. Price is for rudder blade only. Replacement post quoted separately Click Here for Price Post Feedback

  18. Rudders and Centerboards for CL Sailboats

    CL16 Racing Rudder. The matching rudder to our racing centerboard. Can be built for the customer's kickup headstock, or can also be made as a non-kickup design. ... This rudder is to the same cross section as the aluminum extrusion delivered with the boat, but is a lighter weight carbon-fiber solution, with a lower drag planform. ...

  19. Docking with Twin Rudders

    Sep 24, 2020. Maneuvering a twin-rudder boat like this Beneteau Oceanise 30.1 requires a slightly different mindset. Photo courtesy of courtesy of Beneteau. Twin-rudder raceboats have been with us since the mid-1980s. In the last 10 years or so, they've also become increasingly popular aboard cruising boats, including those available for charter.

  20. Sailboat Keel Types: Illustrated Guide (Bilge, Fin, Full)

    The most common sailboat keel types are full-length keels, fin keels, bulb keels, wing keels, bilge keels, and lifting keels. Full keels are popular among cruisers, while fin keels are generally used for racing. Bilge keels and lifting keels are typically used in tidal waters, on small fishing boats for example.

  21. Docking a Dual Rudder Sailboat

    Put the engine in reverse gear and apply a bit more throttle than you normally would on a single rudder boat. Keep the boat as straight in the slip as possible as you begin to back up. When the boat is 3/4 of the way out of the slip, turn the wheel to starboard, shift the engine into neutral gear and allow the boat to glide backwards into your ...

  22. Optimist Foils, Rudders, & Daggerboards

    Opti Daggerboard - Flex (Fighter) Zim Sailing. $395.00. Fighter's top-of-the-line daggerboard meets the strictest IODA standards. This is the Fighter 'Flex' daggerboard, designed for athletes under 40kg (88lbs). From Fighter: "Perfect hydrodynamic profile and smooth finish provides a reduction...

  23. Making NACA and highly accurate centreboard and rudder foils at home

    Every type of boat, from dinghy, to cat to keelboat right through to hydrofoil boats perform better with accurate foils. ... FAQ Boat Building Methods, Performance, Racing, Rudder and rudderbox, Sail boat Foils. Choose between Swinging Centreboard and Daggerboard. Is it better to go fast and low or slow and high upwind in non trapeze dinghies ...

  24. The High-Adrenaline Racing of SailGP, Where Boats Don't Float ...

    Foiling, just a decade-and-change old, has transformed competitive sailing. Put simply, thanks to the physics of hydrostatic pressure, by foiling on carbon fiber blades, an entire 50-foot racing ...

  25. Review: Xquisite 30 Sportcat Top 10 Best Boats 2024 Nominee

    The Xquisite 30 Sportcat is an expensive daysailer to be sure, but Hamor hopes to build a fleet for one-design racing at some point and entice an entirely new audience. In the meantime, you can sail one of these head-turning boats for free if you sign a contract for one of Xquisite's large cruising cats. It's an intriguing enticement for sure.

  26. Emirates Team New Zealand qualify for Preliminary Regatta Final after

    Emirates Team New Zealand (Port Entry) vs. Alinghi Red Bull Racing. The overnight leaders of the Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta, Emirates Team New Zealand are looking for a clean race here against Alinghi Red Bull Racing and it's Nathan Outteridge steering from the port pod who brings 'Taihoro' into the pre-start box a couple of seconds late and heads deep into the box accepting the trail ...

  27. America's Cup 2024: Sailing schedule, format and dates as Ben Ainslie

    The AC75, or America's Cup 75, is a 75ft foiling race boat with one carbon-fibre hull (a monohull instead of catamaran or trimaran) and has been described as like a "large windsurfing board with ...

  28. Bayesian yacht: Morgan Stanley International chairman Jonathan Bloomer

    Bayesian's 237ft metal mast may have played a part in the sinking of the superyacht off the coast of Sicily, experts have suggested. The yacht, seemingly named after the mathematical theory ...

  29. Bayesian yacht: Fifth body found in search for those missing from ...

    Italian authorities say a fifth body has been found in the search for those missing from the "Bayesian" superyacht, which sank off the coast of Sicily earlier in the week. The head of Sicily ...

  30. America's Cup: Team NZ lay down gauntlet in preliminary regatta ...

    Alinghi stayed close on the upwind leg, but Team NZ sailed a clean race and quickly began to pull away. Ultimately, they left the Swiss in their wake to claim a strong win.