[Rhodes22-list] another rudder problem

[Bob Weber]

Tom, This has been a constant pain for me until I discovered a trick.  On 
mine (86) there is a little round thing on the aft side of the jam cleat.  
The round thing has two little nubs which hold the jam cleat inplace. You 
turn the round thing with the nubs (nylon) to just the right angle (2 and 8 
Oclock for me) a give a good push aft and It sticks untill you hit something 
again.  If you are missing the nubs you need to replace the nylon disk or 
get a new jam cleat from GB.   Bob Weber


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>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] another rudder problem
>Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 08:49:41 EDT
>
>hi all
>while sailing this weekend..(not yesterday winds were 25-35 in baltimore) i
>suddenly developed a great resistence in the tiller and a loss of 
>control...i
>turned around and saw that my rudder had popped up....the stopper thingy 
>had
>released...i was not aground and was doing about six knots on a beat, 
>crossing a
>power boat wake....i reset the rudder pushing the stopper thingy back in 
>but
>it popped out again...this happened about 4 times so i just tied the rudder 
>to
>the tiller to keep it down...my question is do i have to get a new stopper
>thingy or does it adjust in some way???
>thanks for the help....o i used my ups on friday in about 10 knots of
>wind..on a broad reach...worked like a charm..but i found out that when the 
>wind dies
>the ups doesnt help much
>best
>tom
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