Rudder or not?

[Siebler]

I absolutely love my rudder. The Trident is the first boat I have put a rudder on and I would never give it a second thought on future boats.

The rudder makes paddling in heavy wind and current much easier. Also the ability to control your drift with it is absolutely awesome.

As for cons, The weight factor of course. Also I have bent my bracket a few times loading the boat on my truck (because I slide it onto the saddles causing the bracket to dig into the ground. Many people think that the extra wiring and lines would cause problems with hooks and such however I have yet to catch a line on the rudder rigging or the blade itself.