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StSimon
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Initially Posted - 03/26/2009 :  23:19:46  Show Profile
What is the difference in handling between the two?
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 03/27/2009 :  08:55:13  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by StSimon</i>
<br /> What is the difference in handling between the two?
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">A kick-up rudder can be balanced either by the shape of its blade or by being pivoted slightly forward of vertical. They say the kick-up has some balance, but looking at their picture I don't see it.
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 03/27/2009 :  09:17:00  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Posted by Craig Vitt...

<i>I purchased a C250 WK (#521) over a year ago, and when purchased, it had an IDA balanced rudder...A short time ago, while sailing off the N. California coast, in moderate conditions (20kt wind, 6' swell w/ 2' wind waves), with the main reefed and a 110 jib, I rounded up in a puff, and my IDA rudder broke in half...</i>

Posted by Gary Bruner...

<i>"I bought the IdaSailor rudder last summer, too, after my original one snapped off. I thought I was happy with it last fall and early spring when conditions were VERY light. However, with bigger breeze this spring, and the fact that I race and carry more sail than if I was cruising, I found that the IdaSailor did not work well for me.

I kept rounding up both downwind under spinnaker and upwind with the 135 and full main in about 20 knots of breeze. I sold the IdaSailor on this site this spring, with the caveat that I felt it was best in light conditions or for those who reef or shorten sail early."</i>

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It has also been reported that the IdaSailor rudder is 9" longer than the conventional rudder. That alone would be a deal breaker for me.
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