Wednesday, 29 May 2013
Rudder problems
Hmmm, it looks like the problem with the tiller was a symptom and not a cause. Unfortunately, when I arrived to repair the tiller, the rudder stock had dropped down the tube, the rudder was just floating. Something is obviously missing from the bottom of the rudder / skeg. I will have to run her up the beach and wait for low tide to investigate. In the meantime I have drilled and tapped the headstock for a bolt to locate in the rudder stock. This will stop the rudder from potentially coming out altogether.
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It was a good job it didn't do that when it first failed.... nowhere to put your mole grips and you might have lost the entire rudder assembly as well.... any chance this is anything to do with the pintle repairs you did a few years back???? Might well be the bottom bracket failing this time?
ReplyDeleteHi Steve, I put it up on the beach last night for a proper inspection. The repair from the other year is still good, the stainless strapping which formed the hinge bearing had snapped off just behind the skeg. Can be repaired easily enough just not before tonight. Nevermind, looks like I'll be getting the ferry to the Isle of Wight. :)
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