[Public-List] Rudder fell off!

[Michael Grosh]

With luck, the rudder is still flopping around down there, attached on the
bottom by shoe, and about halfway up by a gudgeon/pintle arrangement. That
would simplify your problem as just needing to fabricate the rudder stock.
Mine (#220) is 1" bronze round stock.
So, what's left of the shaft doesn't lift out by pulling up on the tiller?
The original blueprint for the rudder is on the maintainance wiki, but
apparently Whitby fabricated with considerable variation.
MichaelGrosh
Checkmate
On Aug 6, 2013 3:14 PM, "Kristian Larson" <k.larsonbc at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well the subject is pretty self-explanatory so I might as well give you all
> the story before I ask for advice.
> While sailing close hauled with a single reefed main and smallish genny in
> 20kts of wind, we were having a great sail. That didn't last long. With a
> abrupt snap, the rudder-rudder shaft connection broke free. The tiller
> flopped uselessly while my girlfriend, my buddy who has never sailed before
> but is a natural and myself rushed to strike the sails. I fired up the
> outboard ( I did the atom voyages outboard well conversion) and we motored
> 5 miles back to the dock in squamish. After some inspection, it appears the
> rudder is gone! There's a 2" stub of the rudder shaft protruding from the
> hull. That's all I know for now as Mara, my beloved Alberg 30 #127 is still
> in the water while I go back to work for a few weeks on Vancouver island.
> Rudders for Alberg 30's must be scarce I figure. It looks like learning how
> to make a rudder is in my future.  If anyone out there can give me any
> guidance on how to build a rugged fail proof rudder or knows of originals
>  kicking around, it would be much appreciated. My goal is to take Mara off
> shore one day and would like to make her rudder better than new. Any input
> would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Kristian
> Mara, Alberg 30 #127
> Squamish, BC
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