Quick tips for catamaran sailors S02 E02 rudders and downhaul
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When this flange can tilt, you have several cm play in your rudder. It spoils the precision of the steering esp. under spinnaker, where you have to luff and bear away each second, when instead of a few mm you have to travel several cms at each reversal (and then be mm-exact again).
Here at home the water is too shallow to put down the rudders immediately, but it works fine, Important is to lie the tiller arm on the casting, slide it smoothly back and then push down only at the very last moment, when the rudder is already fully down.
All bolts are exactly adjusted to have no play but still go smoothly, and are not stiff and have friction, and the spring is greased and works easily.
Granted, this is only sweetwater lake sailing in easy to moderate winds.