[Public-List] corroded rudder

[Gordon Laco]

Oh dear…you don’t want to risk a rudder failure. Too bad you’re in BC, that would be an interesting job, I’d pitch in to help you Stephen.

I reckon the rudder is not difficult to remove since you’ve got a tiller and not a wheel like we do… there’s no quadrant to wrestle with.  You’ve just got to have them lift the boat high enough that you can pull the rudder down and out of the yacht.   Years ago I helped a friend do that but we couldn’t raise the yacht so we dug a pit.  That part wasn’t much fun, particularly the jokes well meaning friends kept flinging at us.  (Gunna bury the boat once you got a grave for her? etc)


Gordon Laco
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> On Mar 12, 2021, at 7:11 PM, Stephen Gwyn via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
> There's a lot of slop in the middle fitting.
> 
> Underway, it's more of a clunk when I tack and the load shifts
> to the other side. When this happened 15 years ago, it was fixed by
> putting a bushing in the shoe.
> 
> The yard is also not convinced there isn't more corrosion a long the shaft.
> They reluctantly recommending rebuilding the rudder.
> Reluctantly, because they're extremely busy right now and don't need extra work.
> 
> While a lot of the sailing I do is in light wind, I do seem to end up
> pounding through 4 foot waves a few times a year. I've never fussed
> about the boat breaking. Knowing I've lost that much metal a
> key spot will not make me calm.
> 
> SG
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