[Rhodes22-list] Major Problem Minor Repair

[Mary Lou Troy]

Graham,
There have been a lot of different rudder hold-down clutches over the 
years - all designed to allow you to pull the rudder forward of 
vertical and also allowing the rudder to kick up if it hits 
something. Ours (no pics at the moment) is a single line coming from 
the upper forward edge of the rudder behind a plate with stainless 
wing-nut on the front of the rudder head. Here's a good description 
of that system from a previous list member:
  http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/2005-July/024212.html)

At one point several people replaced their rudder downhaul equipment 
with one of these:
http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=92692&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&storeId=11151&storeNum=10102&subdeptNum=10286&classNum=10287#.Ui8TVD_nLkM

Don't know how that works but don't recall any complaints. Ours kicks 
up when needed and holds the rudder down the rest of the time, sounds 
like Lee's does as well.

The key take-away here is that if you have a standard R22 rudder, the 
boat will not sail well unless that rudder is pulled forward of vertical.

Best,
Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD




At 08:04 AM 9/10/2013, you wrote:
>Graham,
>
>The pictures aren't real clear but 1515 shows the clutch without the
>"wingnut" and 1516 shows it with it.
>
>After pulling the red double lines tight so the bottom of the rudder is up
>against the boat, you simply tighten the wingnut which secures the lines and
>keeps them from slipping.
>
>The more tight the wingnut the harder it will be for the rudder to kick-up
>if you go aground, but I suspect the lines would slip through the clutch no
>matter how tight it is.
>
>Lee
>
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