[Public-List] Rudder post leak

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Greg, 

My understanding of the non-liner boats is that the rudder stock has a tube around it all the way from the hull on the bottom end and the underside of the cockpit sole at the upper end. There is no packing at either end of the tube. This tube will always have water in it. The level of the water depends on how much your boat squats in the water, the sea condition, etc. If you put enough weight in the stern water might come all the way up the tube and over flow into the cockpit. That in itself is just a nuisance nothing more. This tube could develop a leak anywhere along it's length. Any leak between the underside of the cockpit sole and the inner hull where it passes thru the hull will put water into the bilge, dependent on the level of water in the tube. Worst case scenario, if the tube were to break off at the lower end where it passes thru the hull the boat will sink stern first. 

  

Hope this helps. 

Michael #133 



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From: "Greg Bover" <gregbover at cbfisk.com> 
To: "A-30 List" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> 
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 8:56:09 AM 
Subject: [Public-List] Rudder post leak 

While on a three week trip to Maine, (which was the awesome culmination of a 
thirty-five year dream), Linnet developed a leak at the top of the rudder 
post. Only a little flow into the cockpit, and only under power. Now that we 
are home, using the great syntax that Chris Martin posted I have looked back 
in the archives and found that this is probably nothing to worry too much 
about. Linnet, #114, has the tube that goes all the way to the cockpit sole, 
so no water seems to be getting into the bilge. 

It was a different story when we were a hundred and fifty miles from home 
and 10 miles offshore and the problem first showed up. 
Anyhow, I am wondering if anything can be done about this with the boat in 
the water. I thought I remembered someone posting a cut-away view of the 
pre-liner boats' rudderstock assembly, but I don't find it. 

Greg Bover 
Frances Fitch 
Linnet A-30 #114 
Gloucester 
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