[Rhodes22-list] Rudders-loss overboard - consensus?

[John Lock]

At 04:18 PM 8/25/2006 -0400, Robert Skinner wrote:
>It was suggested that it would be better NOT to secure the
>rudder in the gudgeons, as Rob and I have (by different
>means) -- that it would be best to have the rudder
>secured to the transom with a lanyard, etc. so it could
>come up out of its fastenings if it were to bump bottom.

I'm guessing that a good compromise would be to use the hose clamp 
and just not adjust it too tightly.  For most vertical movement it 
would be secure, but if you bottomed-out hard after a sizable wave, 
the clamp would give way before major damage... yes?

Cheers!

John

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