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We were so sad to hear this news.  "Inspirational" is the right word Tim.  Helen was one of those people that kept us perservering in the N12 and keep coming back for more.  Even when we had struggled at the back of the fleet and Phillip and Helen had finished ages before Helen would be there to help us ashore and encourage us back for the next race; in fact tell us we WOULD be back for the next event.  Thank you Helen you will be sadly missed.

I have a set of Pipedream 'plans'.  They are just co-ordinates and detail sketches rather than lines but should be easy to convert.  I'll try and think of a way to copy them if anyone is interested

 

is ICM sailing or just keeping the pies warm?

looking forward to sand castle building, cups of tea in the chalet, paddling in the see but isn't a bit cold for ice cream?

also looking forward to the various Miatts falling out of various N12's of course

if you go across the current it's very very wide...but not very long

I had an RS200 one on a Design 8 once.  It weighed a ton and wasn't very good; had a nasty wobble at speed and would stall out without warning on a reach.

[quote by=JODA link=Blah.cgi?b=Cool1,m=1180611688,s=7 date=1181287494]Hi,

When you say Big rudder, what size?

Found huge amounts of lee helm in the fresh breeze of Wednesday.

May be due to the excess weight forward so need to try with my lighter crew to get proper balance.

However, brought a real smile to our faces much like my Phantom when the boat accelerates.

Going to have huge fun with this old boat I can tell

Thanks for comments.

Dave
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Bigger than the one in Nick's photo (that's similar to the original one my boat had).  The big blade was about 3 ft deep, eliptical (spitfire wing shaped) probably at least a foot at the widest chord.

Surprised you had lee helm in a breeze; there are some experts here who'll give good advice but try more mast rake (hang a weight from the main halyard and check you have at least 12-18" at the goose neck - make sure c/board case is level).

not "an extra big rudder" just a proper sized one of adequate depth!

The modern Winder/Aardvark blades appear to be sharply tapered and of fine chord that is very efficient at high/planing speed but (IMO) not so effective when sniggling up the bank in a dying breeze.

The original rudder on my Pipedream was a small, long, rectangular blade however on a whim I tried a 'spitfire wing' profile of similar depth that may have added more drag but gave me more control.

As I said earlier I was never fast (22 stone didn't help) but the changes I made gave me the impression that the boat was getting faster!

Of the limited number of N12's I sailed - Design 8, Tigress, Baggy, Baggy(mod) and Foolish; the Pipedream was the 'nicest'.