I've tried it with the regular rudder, it doesn't work.

> No I don't mean hitting people with your rudder, which at times might be
> appropriate.

> I mean the act of propelling the craft forward with the rudder.

> Has anyone tried it? You obviously need a different type of rudder. In a
> WoodenBoat article a while back there was a man ( sorry magazine
> collection back in Dallas ) who built lake craft that look like a
> lapstrake Mill Creek with an unusual attachment. I was a rudder that could
> propel the craft forward by skulling. It had a shark fin like attachment
> that was hinged, for kickup purposes to a flexible arm. So when swung back
> and forth is allowed to craft to be propelled forward like a fish.

> There has been some talk on the BB about this before. Looks like when
> combined with a paddle you could get some real locomotion going. Not only
> could you rudder the offset of the paddle stroke but you would be
> generating forward motion at the same time. Pluse it would give your feet
> some exersise.

> Looks easy enough to build, will give it a wirl.