"I have asked the Dotan people about being able to have the rudders partially up/down for launching and beaching, and they claim you can do it by keeping the tillers raised partway up (not locked either up or down). Are you saying this does not really work? "

No Mary, they do work like this, no problem. Only problem is with T-foils you`d have to put rudders down quickly and pull them up quickly if they are kick-up, since while the rudder is halfway down the T-foils would create excessive drag and would likely break off the rudder in this position.

That, I`m sure, is why Stealth have them in cassette type stocks.

Steve