Nope, because they're not there. The mast rake didn't help as much as replacing the rudders. The rudders I had were the original designed rudders that were subject to potential lamination problems, which caused flexing when going hard to weather--creating unbearable weather helm.
It never seems to amaze me what a load of crap we have been sold by Tony McKenzie. Recently one of his rudders boards broke and we discovered that there was no carbon in the "Carbon fibre rudders". We all have been the victom of an old fashioned scam. The first set of rudders (proof of skill and capabilities) was "inmaculate", the follow-up order of 10 rudders was rubbish (5 in US and 5 in EU). No F16 sailor, builder or class official will ever do business with that guy again, I'm sure.
To bad several of these initial 10 rudder setups have been handed out to F16 owners. Luckily the poor quality was discovered soon after this and not all 10 of them have found their way to dissatisfy the customers.
It is good that VWM has quickly replaced them with proper rudders that truly fit the F16 designs.
I simply can't believe that these items are so bad, this guy has a name to keep up in the A-cat class. So much garantee for quality that turned out to be.
It is good to hear that your new rudders have solved the issue completely Terry. Which type do you have now ? The VWM replacement design or the catamaransparts design ?
Wouter
