daft wrote:
It IS amazing that Hobie could devise a downhaul that doesn't interfere with roller furling.
They're pretty amazing guys -- they rigged it so you just attach the downhaul to the furler disk so that everything rotates together.
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...cannot digest your earlier claim that a rudder can be sawed shorter with NO loss of rudder authority.
You got me on that one. Ironically, this post by you generated the "Phat Albert" rudder:
daft wrote:
...this one is infuriating and tempts me to fall back to nonturbo fins and small rudder!
I built it to make sure my advice was valid and ended up liking it so much that I use it all the time. It might be useful on an inflatable -- haven't tried it.
BTW, your comments that are actually based on your experience are generally excellent and I enjoy reading them!