H280 Rudder Depth?

[rhiggins]

Does anyone know or know where I could find specs on the draft of my rudder? I can only find specs on the keel (5' for fin, 3'6" for shoal). I have the fin keel. I have the orig ppwk with the same pics found on sailboat data. Nowhere does it say what the rudder depth is. I'm considering backing in to my slip - the depth comes up quickly and just want to know I have plenty of clearance if someone comes by throwing a wake...
I'm 'bout to jump in with a tape measure but figured I might find the answer here and spare myself the swim..
Thanks all.

 

[sail sfbay]

Easy..........copy the diagram from this site and scale it relative to the 5 foot long fin keel SailboatData.com - HUNTER 280 Sailboat OR jump in the water with a weight belt and tape measure and measure it.

 

[Tally Ho]

How much depth do you have where the rudder will be? The deep draft keel has a rudder slightly shorter than the keel. But not by much.

If you have 6 feet of water there, probably ok. If you have 5 feet, you will be close…and any less than 5 feet depth is not going to work.

Greg