[Alberg30] RUDDER POST

[Charles Haggart]

I solved the water squirt into the cockpit problem. I removed the cover
plate that holds the top of the rudder shaft as it comes throught the
cockpit sole. What I saw was the top of the rudder tube and the rudder shaft
coming out of it. I made up a few O rings. I had to fool around to get the
right size that would fit in the space between the shaft and the tube. I
slipped on two O rings and gently pushed them down the shaft as far as I
could. This was a stop gap measure and I think the first job I did on the
baot when I got her three years ago, it's been fine ever since. I've been
meaning to put a proper stuffing box on the bottom of the rudder tube but I
havn't got around to it yet.

Charles Haggart # 150

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