The recent fatality during an offshore (California) race owing to loss of rudder raises the question of loads on the rudder. My boat has a NACA...
I am interested in calculating the force on a spade rudder taking into account its angle of deflection and heel angle of sailboat, knowing boat...
I have a righting arm vs heel angle curve of a 10m sailboat. Now, I want to find out for certain heel angles (say 2, 10, 20, 25, and 30 degrees),...