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Can a light stern-heavy skimming dish, pulled from the bow, like Anne Quemere's kite boat (http://www.pacific-solo.com/?page_id=541&lang=en), be steered effectively with a bow rudder, perhaps with no centerboard?
Can a light stern-heavy skimming dish, pulled from the bow, like Anne Quemere's kite boat (http://www.pacific-solo.com/?page_id=541&lang=en), be steered effectively with a bow rudder, perhaps with no centerboard?
I don't think so. At a minimum, the stresses on a bow rudder, like the stresses on a regular rudder in reverse, are most severe. The job of the bow is to get through the waves. It's a but bumpy up there for good rudder action and the stern is in relativly stabile water.
There is a discussion of an experiment with a bow rudder on a boat, see Phil Bolger's book _Boats With an Open Mind_ ISBN 9780070063761, Chapter 21 (page 111). In short, a bow rudder worked, and the experiment raised more questions with more suggestions of potential improvements.
One entertaining problem of a bow rudder is less efficient tacks to weather. Think through the geometry and you'll get it.
One of the reasons NZ lost the Americas cup in 03 was the time and money spent on a keel less boat which only had a forward and stern rudder right on the w/lines. Maybe I should qualify that and say ballasted foils because I don't know if you can rightly call them keels or rudders for that matter.They both operated for steering though. It worked and worked well enough that a full size version was retrofitted to one of the earlier generation boats at massive cost, so those guys entertained it very seriously . It never happened as they went off into that hula controversy stuff instead.
For everyone else though, the trend is the direct opposite in that the last thing any performance planing boat wants is some centre forward to trip and broach on at speed. Boats like the RTW sleds and a lot of the performance keel boats have canards forward to have some CLR to go to windward with, and then they lift those for reaching and running to put that centre back aft to prevent broaching under kite etc.
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to have the kite pulling from the bow and the rudder at the bow will not work for the reasons above, and importantly you need to have a seperation between the center of effort of the sail or kite and the steering foil in order to exert controll.
with the center of effort at the ruder each time you move the rudder to steer you are having a major affect on the lateral plane etc...
there really isn't time enough, and I dont type fast enough, to go into all the reasons this wont work...


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Im so glad I have this forum though and had the 15 week scan done as I feel at ease with hearing boy again where as if I had no nub guesses and just that 15 week scan Id think 50/50 and would have to deal with not hearing girl again.
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Will have a look for your thread, what are you hoping for? Good luck for Saturday
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Goodluck to you for today.....where r u in UK? Im in wales and I have my scan this tuesday.....Do you really think we can 100% trust NHS staff. Im asking you because at my 15 weeks scan the NHS trained tech said BOY....you think I can trust her......Im really hoping for BOY this time........Please see my thread I got all BOY guesses......but Im still so worried.....
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Hiya, all boy for sure! I actually feel excited now and it all feels real, was sort of in limbo and up and down before but now I know this is my little boy and he is all healthy I can start to look forward now.
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11:28am Tuesday 9th October 2012 in News
Wiltshire Council has announced that for the second year running shoppers will be able to get an extra hour of parking for free in the run-up to Christmas.
In the autumn issue of Wiltshire Council's magazine for residents there will be a Christmas parking voucher which entitles the reader to an extra hour of parking at no extra cost.
The magazine will be issued from October 15.
Cabinet member for highways, cllr Dick Tonge, said: "I really hope people take advantage of this offer to help stimulate shopping in our towns and city in the run up to Christmas.
"All residents in Wiltshire will receive the voucher for one hour free parking when their Your Wiltshire magazine drops through their door. It will be a welcome boost to both businesses and shoppers."
When displaying the voucher alongside their parking ticket from December 17 to 24 motorists are entitled to an extra hour free. This voucher can be used as many times as people want within that week.
Your Wiltshire will also published be on the council's website www.wiltshire.gov.uk/yourwiltshiremag and available in local libraries.
Anyone who does not receive a copy can call the council on 0300 456 0100.
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