[Rhodes22-list] Sheave (?) for Rudder ‘pull-down’

[Jose Faraldo-Gomez]

Bob,

In my opinion your best bet will be to find a plastic fabrication company with experience working with marine grade Starboard (or similar) to recreate this piece - unless you can do it yourself. Last year I had to replace the side panels in that rudder head assembly - after spending too much time exploring other alternatives I ultimately had them made at Precision Plastics in Beltsville MD, which isn’t too far from you. They did a great job, based off the old panels; the job took them about a week. 

Hope that helps 

Jose

> On Sep 27, 2022, at 4:33 PM, Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:
> 
> Bob,
> 
> The whole rudder assembly is designed and custom built by General Boats, so that's the only place you're going to be able to buy a replacement part.  If GB is unable to supply a replacement, then I think your only option would be to make your own.
> 
> --Peter 
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>> On 2022-09-27, at 12:47:43 EDT, Bob Garrant wrote:
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>> The sheave (?) to used to pull down the rudder has broken. Anyone know where I 
>> can find a replacement for this. 
>> 
>> I’m not sure whether sheave is the correct term.
>> It’s at the base of the fixed part of the rudder and it’s used to pull down the 
>> rudder. The blue line raises the rudder to a 90° angle out of the water. The red 
>> line pulls it down. 
>> 
>> See attached pictures.
>> Thanks,
>> Bob Garrant
>> Sail la Vie, 2000/2017
>> Kent Island, MD
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