[Public-List] A rudder question

[Mike Lehman]

I was wondering the same thingMike Lehman ~~~_/)_/)~~_/)~~~> Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 15:15:16 -0400> From: gdinwiddie at alberg30.org> To: public-list at lists.alberg30.org> Subject: Re: [Public-List] A rudder question> > J,> > Where is your prop if you have no aperture?> > There are some original Whitby drawings of the rudder post (courtesy of > Michael Grosh) available at > http://alberg30.org/maintenance/Steering/RudderPost/ and > http://alberg30.org/maintenance/Steering/RudderVarieties/ shows some > various rudders. The Maintenance Manual also has some sketches and > descriptions of the rudder and descriptions of repairs to the pin at the > bottom.> > As you see in the drawings, the rudder post is in two pieces, at least > in the boats I'm familiar with.> > A crack in the fiberglass should be easy to repair from the outside > using standard fiberglass patching techniques (see > http://alberg30.org/maintenance/HullDeck/SmallBoatPatch/ for a > description). If the fiberglass has broken away from the rudderpost, > then he'll want to get inside the rudder to fix that.> > There's been discussion of building a rudder from scratch on this list. > You can use the Google search box on the alberg30.org site to search > both the website and the list archives.> > - George> > J Bergquist wrote:> > Folks,> > > > I spoke with Owen Zeimer yesterday who is a new Alberg owner. He is from> > Australia (I think) but lives in the UK (again, I think), and his boat is on> > the Chesapeake. He's busy doing some initial-owner maintenance/upgrade type> > stuff and he has been talking to me about replacing his motor, which is how> > I know him.> > > > Yesterday he called me and asked a rudder question I did not know the answer> > to. He's not able to post on the list right now, so I told him I would ask> > the question to the list on his behalf.> > > > Owen has a rudder which has a cutout aperture. His initial question was for> > those of us who have apertures in their rudders (I am not in that group as> > my rudder has no aperture), is there some structural member which spans the> > rudder from the tiller connection all the way to the bottom pintle? I am not> > sure whether his rudder is original or rebuilt and what vintage or hull #> > his boat is.> > > > As a secondary question, his problem is that in way of the aperture there is> > apparently a crack in the rudder such that if he hangs on it, the rudder> > flexes significantly in way of this crack. He is concerned about the> > rudder's structural integrity and wonders if anybody has done a repair for a> > problem of this type. As a follow-on to this, has anybody ever built a new> > rudder? I thought I read somewhere a web page about rebuilding an Alberg> > rudder, but I can't remember where and was unable to find it again. George,> > if htere is a page about this could you send a link?> > > > Owen is very appreciative of any suggestions list readers may have on this> > subject.> > > > Thanks!> > > > J Bergquist> > _______________________________________________> > These businesses support your Association:> > http://www.alberg30.org/store/A30supporters.html> > Please support them.> > _______________________________________________> > Public-List mailing list> > Public-List at lists.alberg30.org> > http://lists.alberg30.org/listinfo.cgi/public-list-alberg30.org> > > > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------> When I remember bygone days George Dinwiddie> I think how evening follows morn; gdinwiddie at alberg30.org> So many I loved were not yet dead, http://www.Alberg30.org> So many I love were not yet born.> 'The Middle' by Ogden Nash> ----------------------------------------------------------------------> > > > _______________________________________________> These businesses support your Association:> http://www.alberg30.org/store/A30supporters.html> Please support them.> _______________________________________________> Public-List mailing list> Public-List at lists.alberg30.org> http://lists.alberg30.org/listinfo.cgi/public-list-alberg30.org
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