Also, do people prefer the lighter moments on those foils with the pintles roughly in line with the quarter-chord? Or are more forward pivots, encouraging better trim steering, preferred? (Yes, these questions are being asked by a reforming dinghbat...)
Seeing you asked the question I guess it would depend on wind strength. My current F16 rudders are in cassettes and are canted forward but their surface area is a lot smaller than my original F16 rudders which weren't canted forward. During normal sailing conditions I think only a very experienced Cat sailor would notice the difference but when it's either light winds or heavy winds then the difference in surface area and cant under the transome becomes more apparent to us mere mortals <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> To me larger surface area in light winds gives more feel and in heavy winds the canting forward reduces tiller weight. Neither are perfect but there again what is?
