[Public-List] Dolor sailor on Alberg 30 made it to Hawaii, broken rudder

Winslow Ayer 135sleddinghill at gmail.com
Thu Sep 23 12:22:58 PDT 2021


I’ve always felt that the boat gets trimmed to the sail in terms of course. So you adjust the boat to the sail to get where you want. Weifd huh.

Winslow 

> On Sep 23, 2021, at 2:45 PM, Gordon Laco via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Stephen, 
> 
> The rudder was swinging freely after the blade broke away from the shaft… 
> 
> Steering by sail trim and a bit of assistance from a small blade or drogue is how every singlehander did it until vanes became efficient in the mid 1960’s…  it requires more attention, but once upon a time, it was the normal way to do long distance voyaging.
> 
> 
> Gord
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Sep 23, 2021, at 1:46 PM, Stephen Gwyn via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> I don't know if you saw the video of the rudder damage,
>> but the rudder had been partial ripped off the shaft and
>> was jammed against the hull. You couldn't steer with
>> a rope attached to the trailing edge of the rudder,
>> because the rudder was jammed at an angle.
>> He's repaired it using trucking tie-down straps to secure
>> the rudder to the shaft. He plans to sail around Hawaii a bit then
>> ship the boat back home.
>> 
>> His boat is one of the earlier ones where the rudder is
>> screwed to the shaft with long, thin bolts screwed through
>> the rudder shaft and into the rudder. A very flimsy arrangement,
>> suitable for the light air situations A30s were originally designed
>> for, but not offshore.
>> 
>> As for steering with the sails, while fine for an hour or two, I think it would
>> get really tiring if you had to do it for non-stop for 2 weeks.
>> 
>> SG
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