[Public-List] Rudder fell off!

[Glenn]

Hi kristian,

I rebuilt my rudder a few years ago and made a planetric  drawing of the original you could use to make a new one.  You would probably need a new shoe and pintle.  What does the broken end of the shaft look like?  Is it corrored through or bent and sheared off?  The underlying question is why did it happen in the first place.  I can't imagine the shaft breaking without the shoe letting loose first...

Or maybe the pin in the shoe wearing through causing the rudder to. Ole loose and snapping the shaft.

In any event you. CAn use my drawing to lay up another rudder.  It's not that hard to do.  Iam nearby just outside Seattle

Glenn brooks
Dolce 318


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On Aug 6, 2013, at 12:14 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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