[Rhodes22-list] Rudder-Engine Conflicts

Wed Jun 10 18:31:57 EDT 2020

Allyn,

OK, the rain finally let up long enough for me to slosh out to S/V Dynamic Equilibrium sitting on its trailer.  The distance from the center of the rudder’s lower gudgeon to the center of the motor mount is 24 inches.  If your motor mount is located much closer to the rudder than that; then, this distance might be part of your interference issue.

We just got a letter from Auto-Owners regarding our home owner’s insurance coverage for our flood damage.  We had no flood insurance because our house was not in the 100 year flood plain and our home owner’s insurance policy does not cover flood damage.  The three attached photos show our dock before, during, and after the flood.
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            Remains Of The Dock After The Flood
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Weather permitting, this Saturday, the same contractor that built the dock is starting a month long phase 1 project to remove the debris from our waterfront, repair our seawalls and steps, and replace the rock riprap along our shoreline.  Just this phase 1 project will cost ~K$18.3.  Making it look like the 1st picture will cost an additional ~K$11.7.  But, until we get some assurance they are actually going to rebuild the dams, which will probably take years, we are not going to proceed with phase 2.  Phase 1 will remove the debris and protect our shoreline against further erosion.  But, who wants a 12’ X 40’ dock, complete with water, shore power, dock boxes, mooring cleats, and mooring whips, that overlooks a debris filled, mud flat, wasteland?  A K$30 uninsured loss isn’t going to break us; but, OUCH!  There are certainly plenty of other things we would rather spend the money on.  Deb & I have joined a class action lawsuit that is suing both the State of Michigan and Boyce Hydro for damages and remediation.  But, that will take years and the outcome is far from certain.  I have a friend at MDOT who tells me both the M-30 bridge over the Tittabawassee River in Edenville and the M-30 causeway over Wixom Lake are going to have to be torn down and rebuilt from scratch.  These 2 bridges are next on the priority list after they repair the I-10 causeway over Sanford Lake.  But, this will take a year or more.  Until at least one of those M-30 bridges is reopened, I will have no access to my stuff at Johnson Mini Storage.

Other than that, things is dull!  Good luck with your rudder/engine conflict issue, Allyn.

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium

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From: ROGER PIHLAJA<mailto:roger_pihlaja at msn.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 1:15 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Rudder-Engine Conflicts

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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