Dave Gerr - Boat Mechanical Systems Handbook-How to Design, Install, and Recognize Proper Systems in Boats

be stopped in just one boat length. Incredibly,
they also reported that the Kitchen rudder
enabled this launch to be pivoted around her
own center—in other words, in place! You
can’t do better than that for low-speed, close-
quarters maneuvering, period.

THEVANISHINGKITCHENMYSTERY Why the

Kitchen rudder has been almost completely

forgotten is one of those great mysteries.

Manufactured by Kitchen’s Reversing Rudder

Co., Ltd., of Liverpool, England, Kitchen’s rud-

der was extensively employed by the British

Chapter 13:Unusual and Special Rudders

Figure 13-1.

Operation of the

Kitchen rudder

Figure 13-2.

Outboard Kitchen

rudder