[Rhodes22-list] Tiller mayhem

[Chris Geankoplis]

What an adventure.  So when it broke, what did you do?  I may have missed
that.  So finally the unbreakable object met the unstoppable force.  Check
with Stan, sometimes fiberglass will fracture at the exact point where
Redman Brand Chaw or Betel nut juice has been inadvertently dribbled into
the resin.

Chris G
Enosis



On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 11:48 PM, S/V Lark <Colealexander at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Stan.   Thanks.  I'll mail it to you tomorrow.   Phone willing, I'll run
> down
> and pull the stump off  the rudder after work.   I noticed some light
> crazing at the fracture point this winter, but assumed it was gelcoat
> flexing.   You can stall on the loaner, in favor of Chris's idea.   I don't
> think you can repair it, it broke where it narrows to fit in the cheeks of
> the rudder housing.    Yesterday was a bit windy (10-20 plus gusts), but I
> had the main furled so only one 2 was visible and the jib was furled so the
> head was below the head of the furled main .   I only washed the rail
> once.
> I was beating and the boat was trying to round up in a gust when the tiller
> broke.    I didn't particularly want to, and had some rudder angle.    Helm
> pressure wasn't extreme, except one momentary odd push of the hiking stick
> in my hand just before it split.    I corrected, looked down to see if a
> sheet was caught on it, looked up, and a moment later the tiller was
> free.
> I did not hear it crack.  I did not touch bottom.   Waves were one foot or
> less.  The rudder was definitely not partially up, but I will dive to see
> if
> it extends forward beyond optimal?    Tamiko wasn't laughing at me this
> time, she wasn't even there.
>
> Chris.   Brilliant on the wheel barrow handle.   Once its drilled and
> sealed
> I'll stow it under the seat with the boat hook, for coastal hopping.  I
> counted myself lucky it hadn't broken last month half way between Loraine
> Port Huron.  I was thinking of using a 2x4 as a temporary, so I could sail
> through the weekend even if its too windy to single hand the back up
> dinghy.
> Tamiko now has standards and will will only set foot on the Rhodes (unless
> I
> get an Oyster).  In the interest of true confessions, the Buccaneer has had
> a home made rudder for 15 years, white oak blade on aluminum cheeks with
> elm
> shovel handle cut down as tiller and hiking stick.   It doesn't look like a
> General Boats (or even Chrysler) product, but approximates class legal and
> has worked well in all winds.
>
> Alex
>
>
>
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> S/V Lark
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