[Rhodes22-list] Rudders - Elle can relax now

Tootle ekroposki at charter.net
Thu Aug 17 15:17:54 EDT 2006


Elle:
     You can relax now, your rudder will not fall off.  Neither will Mark
P's.  As to the hose clamp fix, it is in the archives had anybody bothered
to do some basic research.  I hope that Rob invoices the echo demanding
pictures.  
     
Bill Wickman:
      Can you believe that Commodore Spitzer is tapping his finger on the
desk waiting for your posts?

David Bradley:
      Stan is always coming up with new devices, why not request a
hydralically operated mast that goes down to pass under bridges?  Now that
might raise some eyebrows.

Bob Fletcher:
       Sure you can have all that you wish, it is called a 2 cycle Tohatsu
8hp.

Ed K
Greenville, SC, USA
Addendum:  Don't buy a boat that is under water. Proverb




stanleyl wrote:
> 
> think I better throw in my two gudgeons worth here so no new owners or 
> buyers get the wrong idea.   Today's pintles are stainless steel tubing
> that 
> fit in-between double (U shaped) gudgeons.  No way anyone can lift the 
> pintles out of the gudgeons without taking the transom along.  The rudder 
> assembly comes off (should you ever want to do that) by fastly pulling two 
> fast pins - horizontally.
> 
> Bill  (Wickman)  had this system on his last brave adventure that the
> "List" 
> is awaiting the proofs on.
> 
> stan/gbi
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Slim" <salm at mn.rr.com>
> To: "Rhodes22-list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 1:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Rudders-loss overboard
> 
> 
>> Rob and Robert, both good ideas.  Since I no longer use my "tiller tamer" 
>> I
>> have nothing but the pintels holding the rudder in place.  The couple 
>> times
>> it's come off were pretty dicey.  Thanks for the tips.
>>
>> Slim
>>
>> On 8/17/06 9:48 AM, "Robert Skinner" <robert at squirrelhaven.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I bored a hole in the top pintle and use a hairpin to lock it in place.
>>> /Robert
>>>
>>> Slim wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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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