They were constructed entirely of iron and were fitted with an unusual bow rudder.

Unlike her sisters, she was fitted with a bow rudder as well as the traditional stern rudder.

The Faraday incorporated twin screws and a bow rudder amongst other modifications to improve her suitability for this task.

According to the paper, the new axe bow design's bow rudder and vertical stem would give it improved safety in stern quartering seas.

Norah was built with a bow rudder to assist in navigating in the narrow winding channels of the British Columbia coast.

To develop the recreational bow rudder paddle stroke we will have to study good recreational WW paddlers and not slalomists.

Similarly, a bow rudder may be the appropriate breakout for a strong, fit, aggressive paddler and not at all useful for a nervous paddler with much less forearm muscle.

It can be used when studying specific paddle strokes such as the low brace, forward paddling and bow rudder but is best used as an average overall measure of the paddlers style.

The ship took a list to starboard and at this point Captain Ferguson decided to retreat to the safety of Loch Ryan by going astern and using the bow rudder.

It may be valid to teach a stroke such as a bow rudder to a recreational paddler but even on the same paddle stroke the arm and paddle positions used by slalomists and WW tourists are very different.

This proved to be impossible, because the extreme conditions prevented the deckhands from releasing the securing pin on the bow rudder, and the Captain then made a decision to try to reach Northern Ireland by adopting a course which would keep the stern of the craft sheltered from the worst of the elements.