[obiec]

I have an idea that might be a little out there but here it goes tell me what you think.
I am going to be adding a Aries wind vane this winter. I will have to build the mounting brackets all custom to go around the ruder. I wish to design them so I could climb up them incase I was throughn overboard. ( I single hand most of the time), Looks are very important so it will be small. But on the back of that I could put a plate around 24” wide and maybe 8 inches long,. That could be quickly taken of or have the angle of it adjusted. It would be only a few inches above the water line, and if I could give it a downward angle of around 20 degrease then as soon as the boat started to squat it would enter the water and give it some lift. And I could remove it on the ocations that I will get to sail. My boat will be in the Puget sound area and I like to cruse. Around the Islands you have to motor a lot. But on some days you go out just to sail. Do you think this would do much. It would not be nearly as much flotation as a large stern.