Nomad Willy
Guru
Xsbank and Ted,
I moved my zincs out of the propwash mostly for added efficiency. Propwash is some high velocity water and anything in it's path is going to want to go aft w great force. So one could say the rudder is trying to pull the boat backwards. So rudders in the prop wash is very high drag. But now that I think of it I did have rudder vibration and haven't noticed it since about the time I moved the Zincs up.
I did'nt have room at the bottom so moved mine to the top of the rudder. And closer to the hull may find water flow to be less due to the drag of the hull.
I moved my zincs out of the propwash mostly for added efficiency. Propwash is some high velocity water and anything in it's path is going to want to go aft w great force. So one could say the rudder is trying to pull the boat backwards. So rudders in the prop wash is very high drag. But now that I think of it I did have rudder vibration and haven't noticed it since about the time I moved the Zincs up.
I did'nt have room at the bottom so moved mine to the top of the rudder. And closer to the hull may find water flow to be less due to the drag of the hull.
