How far below the transom should the rudder be?

[Twmaster]

I have been spending the whole day getting back to boating. While I have sold most of my stuff to pay bills I still have a coupel of hulls quietly waiting in the attic for me to get back to it. Anyway, I have a nice 22" offshore hull I am looking to put in the pond next weekend and am trying to figure a good mount location on the transom. I have a Fine's post mount rudder but the question is how far into the water below the transom should the blade sit??

TIA,

Mike N

 

[drobie]

Nobody with more experience than me is jumping on this one so I will.

The off-the-cuff answer is "far enough", but let me clarify. I start with a full rudder and begin trimming it a little at a time.

Most of my boats now have rudders with about a third clipped off, usually about a quarter inch below the water intake.

They all still turn fine.