[Rhodes22-list] Rory

[Rory Orkin]

Boy I really appreciate the investigation and response.. I guess I am a
little dense on this one..
What I had was the line running down the inside of the rudder assembly..
Your picture is a little unclear on that point.. The turning bar of course
is the ss piece at the bottom.. Mine was positioned too far aft and was
partially knocked out by the action of the rudder being lowered.. As far as
a rudder stop is concerned , here is where I am a little confused.. THe only
stop is the leading edge of the rudder housing if the turning bar is
positioned properly.. The reason I question the downhaul positioning is that
if the line is fun down the inside of the housing and around the forward
edge of the turning bar, then the line is pinched by the rudder when it hits
the stop (front of the rudder housing).. If this is the correct set up then
so be it.. I am out of town at the moment and will look at the assembly when
I get back.. I have the screw clutch to hold the downhaul but do not
remember a plastic choke stop.. Could be  as described, I just don't
remember.. Thanks again


Woten wrote:
> 
> 
> Rory,
>  
> This is a follow-up to your posts about a month ago regarding your rudder  
> down haul.  You had two issues:
> - Should the downhaul line be inside or  outside a turning bar 
> - Could the downhaul line foul the prop.
> I offered to see how my boat  was set up, you said you'd be interested. 
> The 
> boat was hauled out prior to  the holidays, but I forgot to check the
> rudder 
> stop issue so I’ve delayed  getting back to you.
>  
> Re fouling the prop, I don't think it can happen on our boat.  The  first 
> attached pict shows the loosed rudder downhaul line being pulled over to 
> the 
> prop housing to  maximum extent allowable with a boathook.  It  can’t be
> pulled 
> out far enough, it won’t make it near the prop.  You  can make out the 
> front/starboard side of the prop housing in the top right of  the pict,
> clearly it’s 
> beyond the rudder pull down line.
>  
> Things might change if the motor were swiveled so that the prop could cut  
> back, I didn't check that configuration, but I don't know why you'd ever
> operate 
>  that way.  It amounts to putting the tiller hard to starboard and
> orienting  
> the motor hard to port, seems like an exercise in contradictions.  We  
> operate with the motor locked straight ahead, or more commonly with the  
> tiller/motor linkage in place.
>  
> I think the key is the plastic choke stop attached to the  downhaul line
> at 
> the top above the tiller, that prevents the line from flowing  back too
> far.  
> Also, there is a screw down type of clutch at the back of  the tiller on
> our 
> boat that prevents the line from flowing back - but even if it  did
> there's not 
> a problem.  Stan's got this covered, I don't think it's a  problem.
>  
> I hope this addresses the prop fouling issue.
>  
> Re the turning bar for the downhaul line, pict 2 shows our  arrangement. 
> The 
> line is outside the rudder stop, see pict 2.  This  has worked well for
> us, 
> we have not had the problem you reported.  It  appears to me that the guys
> that 
> installed your downhaul line ran it inside the  turning bar rather than 
> outside.  
>  
> Dave
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