Rudders:
The stock
rudder length from the rudder stock at the top to the centre of
the blade at the bottom is 50". The Olson 40 was designed
with a “short” rudder and is prone to wipeout especially
power reaching in a breeze. As a result, a few owners have experimented
lengthening the rudder.
I bought “Screaming
O” recently and it has a Schumaker designed carbon elliptical
rudder. It measures 69” from the rudder stock to the aft
tip of the blade which is the deepest part of the rudder. The
former owner of Screaming O states that the rudder weighs 28 pounds
versus I suspect close to 100 pounds for the stock rudder. I’m
going to be moving this rudder to my boat O'ffliction 40, Hull
#010 in the coming months and I will confirm its weight once I
remove it from the boat. |
Above: A mid 1980's marketing effort to
sell additional hulls. The campaign was unsuccessful!
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