This is a variation on the vertical sliding rudder theme that is used on the M17: http://www.storerboatplans.com/wp/design/the-standard-storer-boat-plans-kick... The entire rudder slides inside the rudder box. Can be all the way up or down or any variation in between. On Feb 6, 2013, at 7:21 PM, martha wrote:
what I haven't figured out yet is; why isn't there any intermediary position of the rudder from which you can actually steer the boat, once it's been "kicked up"??? I have gone aground in the shallow sandy ends of a the lake and always in a situation where believe me, I need to remain in control, and there's that rudder in "kicked up" position, totally out of the water, rendering the darn thing useless, and I am in peril.. What am I missing?
Is there a superior rudder set up with intermediary positions? Or must it be all or nothing?
Martha '01 M-15 - Knot Head
-----Original Message----- From: stevetrapp <stevetrapp@q.com> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wed, Feb 6, 2013 2:56 pm Subject: Re: M_Boats: Kick up rudder for M17
Kick up rudders are convenient if you like to sail in shallow water over rocks, but when they kick up, they tend to get in the way of the propeller, and if you you are motoring, which often happens in shallow water over rocks, the kicked up rudder becomes a chewed up rudder. But not to worry, I learned from experience that a chewed up rudder can be patched with a fiberglas patch kit available in most boat stores. Steve M-15 # 335
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Smith" <openboatt@gmail.com> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 9:36 AM Subject: M_Boats: Kick up rudder for M17
I've seen some information about a fellow who fabricated a kick up rudder from an existing, older rudder (the undershot model), aluminum plates, etc. If that fellow is on the list, I'd like to get some details on how this mod was accomplished. I've actually got three pictures of the end product (can't remember where I got them) but no copy to go with. I already use the Ida-Sailor (now RudderCraft), but I've got an older M17 rudder I can fool around with. Thanks. t