[Rhodes22-list] Rudders-loss overboard

[Slim]

I agree.  The pintles and gudgeons are pretty minimalist.   Mine has come
off several times with following seas and only saved because I was holding
on to it.

Slim

On 8/16/06 10:18 PM, "Chelle or Bob Ginsburg" <chellrg at verizon.net> wrote:

> In the same way Stan has recommended a retaining line for the outboard,
> wouldn't it be prudent to always have the rudder/tiller assembly somehow
> fastened to something on the hull ( like a railing support ) ?
> Granted there would be slightly more clutter in the stern area, but that
> "sinking feeling" might be avoided if something very unlikely happened to
> the pintles in the gudgeons.
> 
> Bob G
> 
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