I want to here some ideas on what you guys think is the best way to measure toe-in on a canted rudder boat (Infusion, Capricorn, etc). On canted rudders if you measure the leading edge then move to the trailing edge your measurement can vary ALOT just based on moving an inch up or down on the rudder.

My best guess: Drop the boat in the water on a calm day and mark the waterline on the leading and trailing edge. And use these two points to take your measurment......Does this sound good to you guys?

PS...This is not meant to be a discusion about how much or how little to toe-in my rudders. Just wanting to hear some ideas for finidng the right location in regards to leading edge and trailing edge measurement locations on canted rudders!

I really like your idea and it does make sense.

This isn't an unheard of concept, some dinghy's set their mast rake by floating the boat in a pool and measuring where the main halyard lands in the boat.

my issue would be, when your taking your measurement, would you have the crew aboard the boat? where the crew sits determines the attitude of the boat and may dramatically alter your readings.

My history includes sailing maricats which are fully cantered and banana shaped hulls. there is nothing straight about them! The way we dealt with them was to lift the rudder to the vertical position then sight the bows.

I am thinking it may be useful to sight the rudders with the centerboards...

it is something I'm going to look at with my boat shortly.

I saw Ian at the club today - we were setting up our boats for this weekend. Just for the record, while Infusions have canted hulls and rudders, Capricorns do not.

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