Interesting. I have an Ida sailor blade installed on my M15 stock tiller assembly, and have the old wood blade in my garage. They were like that when I purchased the boat. The previous owner far preferred the Ida sailor blade, as it is deeper and he felt he had better control. My complaint with the blade is it weighs a ton, and since I can't put the boat in the water with the rudder installed on the trailer first, since it droops down and might get wrecked, I have to install it on the water. Wrestling the thing into the gudgeons is hard! So, do you think the performance of the stock blade is pretty good? And if so, should I reinstall it and try that? Daniel On May 14, 2011, at 12:52 PM, W David Scobie wrote:
smiley:
the M15's rudder is _really_ good. discussion of jerry's design expectations for rudders can be reviewed here -
http://www.sagemarine.us/SCA_articles/smalltalk_55.html
(thanks to SMALL CRAFT ADVISOR for allowing Sage Marine to host jerry's article)
:: Dave Scobie :: M17 #375 - SWEET PEA - www.m17-375.webs.com :: former M15 owner - www.freewebs.com/m15-named-scred :: Sage Marine - www.sagemarine.net (or .org, or .com, or .us)
--- On Sat, 5/14/11, Karen and Smiley <magoo252@comcast.net> wrote:
Anybody have thoughts on this subject and while we are at it is an IDA rudder worth the investment for a M 15? Thanks Smiley
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