[Rhodes22-list] Rudder Rope Clutch

[John Shulick]

Lee,

Do you have a backstay adjuster on your boat? You could hang a block from
the line and use it to lift and secure the rudder/tiller while working on
it. Beats having to go swimming if it slips out of your hands while removing
or installing.

John S


Leland wrote:
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> Visualize whirled peas and just give pizza chants.
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> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org on behalf of Rick
> Sent: Sun 2/20/2011 6:29 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Rudder Rope Clutch
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> Lee,
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> I've been operating on a wing nut for 15 years.  Save your prayers for
> world
> peace.
> 
> Rick
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> On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Leland <LKUHN at cnmc.org> wrote:
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>>
>> I was planning on going out for a nice Sunday afternoon sail today and
>> decided to first take five minutes and fix my rudder rope clutch.  When
>> completely loose it's still so tight that I can barely pull the rope
>> through
>> by hand.  I figured that all I would need to do is loosen the bolt in the
>> center of the handle.
>>
>> It took me awhile to determine that the bottom end of the bolt is what's
>> inside the handle which is why my screwdriver and socket wrench wouldn't
>> work.  The only other tool I know how to use is a hammer but I decided to
>> save that for later.
>>
>> Have you ever taken your tiller/rudder off the boat while it's in the
>> water?
>> It's surprisingly heavy and unbelievably awkward.  It won't fit under the
>> stern rail so you have to bring it into the cockpit on the starboard side
>> to
>> avoid maneuvering around the engine.  One-handed passes around the
>> backstay
>> wouldn't have been so bad if the tiller would have let go of the
>> sternrail.
>> I don't recommend working on your tiller/rudder in the cockpit but the
>> tide
>> was nearly two foot below normal and I would have never been able to
>> wrestle
>> the thing above my head and onto dry land.
>>
>> Since the bottom of the bolt was in the handle that meant that the head
>> was
>> inside the tiller/rudder housing.  Removing the clutch assembly from the
>> housing was relatively easy with just one of my three tools but the rope
>> guide also had to be removed from the assembly and could not be removed
>> from
>> the rope.  It eventually slid down into the housing and required more
>> time
>> to retrieve than it took to maneuver the entire mess into the boat.
>>
>> Alas I now had access to the head of the bolt but could not turn it
>> without
>> turning the handle also.  My neighbor is much stronger than me and has
>> every
>> tool in the world so I took it to him to fix.  After breaking it I
>> thanked
>> him and proceeded to every hardware store on Kent Island to see if I
>> could
>> rig something simple that would work.
>>
>> I'm now operating on a wingnut and a prayer.  It seems to work in the
>> slip
>> but I was too tired to take her out for a test sail.  Maybe tomorrow.
>>
>> The good news is that parts were only two bucks.
>>
>> Lee
>> 1986 Rhodes22  AT EASE
>> Kent Island, MD
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