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A rudder assembly for small sailboats with a tiller which extends forwardly of a stock member and which is pivotally connected with a vertical rudder also pivotally connected to the stock member. The tiller pivot is spaced rearwardly and above the stock pivot with the rudder in its lowermost and operative position. An upright peg on the stock member respectively enters fore and aft slots in the tiller with the rudder vertical and swung upwardly to the horizontal, the latter position effected by swinging the tiller upwardly to disengage the peg from the fore slot and thereafter pulling the tiller forwardly and downwardly to enter the peg in the aft slot. A tooth on the tiller between the slots is selectively engageable with notches on the top of the peg to secure the rudder in intermediate positions. Interengaging inclined surfaces on the peg and tooth provide for automatic upward pivoting movement of the tiller releasing the peg from the fore slot and allowing the rudder to swing upwardly on the occurrence of a sharp blow or substantial force at the rudder leading edge.
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