The rudder on my boat uses a
line clutch that is "rigged" to prevent it from locking down completely, so the rudder downhaul
line can pull free if the rudder needs to kick up. Yet the rudder stays down in 9-12' seas with 30 knots of wind and gusts up to 40 knots.
However, it kicks up just fine if the rudder hits anything solid.
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Sailingdog
Telstar 28
New England
You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Captain Malcolm Reynolds, Serenity (slightly edited)
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