[Rhodes22-list] Rudder-Engine Conflicts

[ROGER PIHLAJA]

Allyn,

Mary Lou Troy is correct.  The rudder blade needs to be all the way down in order to clear the prop.  However, your boat might have another issue.  Your motor mount might be installed too far inboard.  Or, your rudder might have been installed off the transom centerline to port; but, that seems very unlikely.  Try this: Measure the distance from the rudder’s gudgeon centerline to the centerline of the outboard motor mount.  It’s pouring cat & dogs right now, so I can’t go make that measurement on S/V Dynamic Equilibrium.  But, when the rain lets up, I will go make that measurement and let you know what I find.

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium

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From: Mary Lou Troy<mailto:mtroy at atlanticbb.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 9:27 AM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Rudder-Engine Conflicts

Is your rudder pulled all the way forward with the control line on the
front edge of the rudder? It sails better with it pulled forward too.

Ours was close after we bought a new motor with a larger low-thrust prop
but the rudder never came in contact with the prop. Hopefully someone
else has had and solved the issue.

Mary Lou

On 6/9/2020 11:38 PM, Allyn Baskerville wrote:
> Being new to the local boat club, I was assigned a slip that can be a challenging getting in and out of. I literally have 2’ to spare backing up and none on the port side. I rely on the engine getting outOf the slip area, though it’s not bad pulling back into the slip. The engine doesn’t turn with the rudder, and I have to be very careful or the prop bangs on the rudder. Depending on the wind, I sometimes have to make some sharp turns.  I need to fix the rudder due to prop damage, but before doing so, does anyone else have this problem? Any solutions for dealing with this? Thanks
>
> Sent from my iPhone


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