[Rhodes22-list] Another rudder downhaul question
DCLewis1 at aol.com
DCLewis1 at aol.com
Sun Dec 10 17:04:06 EST 2006
Rory,
I've got the electric lift also, sounds like we have very similar setups.
When I pull up the downhaul there is a small clutch attached to the rudder
post beneath the tiller that I can screw down to pinch the downhaul line so
that it won't flow free (i.e. be pulled back down by the water flowing past the
part of it that is still in the water and then possibly dragging the line
into the prop - I doubt the line is long enough to reach the prop, but I haven't
tried). The downhaul line in the water flutters as the water flows past it
when we're underway, but it's secured at both ends and doesn't really go
anywhere, much less anywhere near the prop. Because the line is not very long
and also secured at both ends and well away from the prop, I've never worried
about it flowing into the prop.
If the rudder were to hit something and kick up, I imagine the downhaul line
in the clutch would pop free and let the rudder rise, so I try not to
tighten the clutch too much, but I try to keep some tension on the clutch so the
downhaul line is secured so that the rudder doesn't flow-up as a result of our
being underway. I've been securing the downhaul to be sure the rudder is
fully down and stays down.
Does the above map into how you're set up and how you operate? If it does,
it will be interesting to find out whether the downhaul line is long enough
to foul the prop (I suspect it's not) but that would only happen if I screwed
up and forgot to secure the downhaul line or did not secure it properly.
Dave
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