I constructed Helge's rudder out of mahogany planks. The largest of which is four inches thick, twelve inches wide and twelve feet long. The designer of the boat, George Buehler, supplied plans to construct the rudder from both steel and wood. I decided to go with wood because of it's beauty. The larger than usual ruder will offer increased stability in following and quartering seas.
George likes to design his rudders so that if a water skier happens to smack into one, the skier will break, not the rudder. It was a heavy lift getting the rudder out of the basement and hanging off of the stern. Many thanks to the Robert boys, Mike, Alpine, and Paul (and, let's not forget, dad, the top gudgeon guider).
As dogs tend to do, Delores snifs the stern.
