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Re: Re: seriously?

That's why they make pop-up blockers.

Re: Re: Re: Baums Rush

Yes, after knowing those things it caught my interest. It makes me stop playing website and subway surfers click here and read a few articles about it. Same question I am trying to understand, What's the theoretical benefit of these rudders? Hmmmm

Re: Baums Rush

Congrats Chief… glad to hear your back on the water again.

Post some pictures on the web page so we can see the after.

Re: Re: Baums Rush

Looks like it did before all the crap happened . Just got back from a week end of sailing on a local lake, slept on board Friday night and Saturday night just got home 17:30 Sunday. Everthing works again I need to tighten up the stays a little is the only thing. Baums Rush

Re: Re: Re: Baums Rush

John,
great news to hear you are good to go again! Nothing can keep a dedicated sailor from his mission.

Here are some ramblings on the rudder issue, based on experience with a 26D, applicable to the other Macs, maybe, your mileage may vary.

While not related to John's rudder incident, I wanted to point out that if a Mac 26D rudder is not all the way down, but slipped up towards horizontal, instead of fully down, there are tremendous loads on the rudder head. I do not have an Ida rudder, but was wondering if the slickness of the rudder head could cause a tendency of the rudder to creep towards horizontal and trigger a break.

I did what Chip said some time ago; redrilled the rudder so that the tip is now forward of where it was orginally. This helped balance the rudder some. Also agree strongly on Chip's rig tuning comment; raking the mast forward some to balance the sail plan works. Finally, having the dagger board down actually helps with excessive rudder load on a 26D, which is counter intuitive. It does cause more heel, but easing the main seems to work in combination with these other things for me, though reefing the main when you first think of it is the cardinal rule to making the dingy stay on its feet. ( Mac's really are just overgrown dingies, sensitive and hungry for constant attention, but responsive)

Fall winds are finally here on Lanier, 10-20 today and same predictied tomorrow!

Fair winds!