We (The SA Mozzies) had the same system as the Auzzies use, we had the stocks made up in bent aluminium tubing and used a rod to hold the rudder down similar to the Taipan system. This system was responsible for about 25% of our fleet not finishing all the races in our nationals, launching in a 2ft (at most) beach break. The most unreliable useless system I`ve ever seen, have to agree with Rick. My set of compete stocks and rudders are sitting in my garage now.

We have mostly replaced this system with Dotan rudders, and several months later no-one has had any problems. In the Cape Point Challenge I sailed straight up the beach without touching anything, the way it should be in 3m swell with waves breaking over you as you beach. If I had to go to leeward and fiddle with a rod, throw it over the back etc the way I used to, we would have capsized in the surf for sure. They are a very pricey option for us given that anything imported costs a lot more with our &^%# currency, yet they are worth the price for sure.

www.dotan.com , and never look back (And is probably the system seen on the M20 mentioned earlier.)

Steve