I am considering building a better, faster, more high performance rudder for my Hunter 34. This thought just creeped into my brain in the last couple days so it is in its infancy. The reasoning is that the boat is squirrelly in big wind and not particularly well balanced. The stock rudder is the same for both the deep keel and the shoal draft boat and since I have the deep keel I have a little room to extend it deeper. (No, I do not have the undersized rudder that came with the early models).
I am learning a little about aspect ratios for performance and structural considerations. Any thoughts on how or if this might (or might not) affect the boat's performance are appreciated as well as advice on how to go about such a project.
Cheers
I am learning a little about aspect ratios for performance and structural considerations. Any thoughts on how or if this might (or might not) affect the boat's performance are appreciated as well as advice on how to go about such a project.
Cheers