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Re: Seeking: Rudders?
By:scottbaxter
Date: 11/13/2011, 2:53 pm
In Response To: Seeking: Rudders? (Jeff Horton)

: Does anyone other than ONNO make a rudder with an actual foil
: shape? Not just a flat piece of aluminum.
Jeff,
I use this one and really like it. It is smaller than most so it does not have the power (or the drag) of some. I have found it works fine for the conditions I paddle in. You could always get the tandem blade if you wanted more umpa. It took a while to get used to the thing pointing up when I am not using it, it makes you feel a little like a Ruddy Duck. When you feel how easy it is to deploy and retract you will wonder why you waited so long to get one.
http://topkayaker.net/Articles/Instruction/RudderSmartTrack.html

Messages In This Thread

Seeking: Rudders?
Jeff Horton -- 11/13/2011, 9:03 am
Re: Seeking: Rudders?
jwuts -- 11/13/2011, 11:34 am
Re: Seeking: Rudders?
Jeff Horton -- 11/13/2011, 11:44 am
Re: Seeking: Rudders?
Mike Bielski -- 11/13/2011, 12:50 pm
Re: Seeking: Rudders?
Jeff Horton -- 11/13/2011, 7:06 pm
Re: Seeking: Rudders?
scottbaxter -- 11/13/2011, 2:53 pm