[Rhodes22-list] Rory and other new boat owners re rudder

[Rory Orkin]

I will send a picture if it ever stops raining here..
But if there is no turning bar, what stops the blade downhaul from becoming
jammed between rudder and the rudder head ? 
This jamming is what got me looking at this in the first place 


stanleyl wrote:
> 
> our crew missed the point.
> 
> when we heard some owners had their rudder blade downhaul line catch
> occasionally we asked our trained crew to put on a turning bar.
> 
> the rudder blade is intended to be used fully down and as far forward as
> it can go.  this takes it under the hull so that it has the effect of a
> spade blade and offers zero helm.
> 
> not understanding this, some turning bars where mounted too far aft so
> that the blade, which is normally stopped by coming in contact with the
> spacer in the rudder head, would instead be stopped by hitting the turning
> bar.  after some amount of use this loosened the two turning bar screws
> and may have even resulted in more tiller helm than wanted.
> 
> try your rudder without replacing this turning bar and if things work
> fine, forget about putting the turning bar back.  if you do want to put it
> back, locate it so that the blade gets stopped by contact with the rudder
> cheeks spacer instead of by this turning bar.  
> 
> if neither works take the usual two aspirins and call me in the morning.
> 
> stan/gbi
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