Ian if you check out my Facebook page in my signature you will find a video of my friends makara running, not very different to yours. This hull was notorious for its bouncing and was very difficult to stop without adding trim tabs and lead to the boat. Great boat offshore in the chop but not so good for circuit racing
Hi Steve, Thanks for the info. Good hearing from you. I'll drop you a PM later today.
I didn't want to dwell too much on the Makara. I think they're pretty variable - depending not least on when they were made; the earlier ones (before the mould degenerated too badly), generally being better than the later ones, but the roll / veering to the right at speed, is really the only remaining / significant bad habit in mine (as long as the hardware stays where it should be), and since the thread was going down the road of roll etc, I was curious to get input on rudder interactions. I'd previously considered torque wedges (possibly at a few points along the length, to try and retain the front to back ride attitude), but the idea of keeping it simple (if possible) appealed. I knew that right hand rudder offset was to use the lift of the rudder to counteract torque roll, but in my minds eye, I considered that the rudder would also slow down the right hand side of the boat, and thought that force would try and pull the boat towards the right (to some extent counteracting the lift of the rudder). I know John's a great one for using what needs to be there in various ways, to create balance, and without putting anything in the water which doesn't need to be there, so I thought I'd ask, as I was hoping there might be an easy way to significantly increase the lift from the rudder - preferably without moving it further out to the right. I guess the plan of action is 1) Check for flatness near the keel line again, maybe add cyano on left - at the very rear, nearest the transom, and from keel out to inner line of first trim tab 2) Possibly add torque wedges 3) Bandsaw / jigsaw / large hammer.
