[Rhodes22-list] Balanced Helm
Toad the Wet Sprocket
rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org
Tue, 27 Aug 2002 19:50:37 -0400
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<P><BR>Correction; I am making a new rudder head not the rudder sorry<BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV>Please respond to <A href="mailto:sprocket80@hotmail.com">sprocket80@hotmail.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>From: Richard F Sheehan <DICKSHEE@JUNO.COM>
<DIV></DIV>Reply-To: rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org
<DIV></DIV>To: rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org
<DIV></DIV>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Balanced Helm
<DIV></DIV>Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 15:49:15 -0400
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<DIV></DIV>Todd;
<DIV></DIV>1. My boat is an older model and the goose neck is free floating....and
<DIV></DIV>has no "position". What method of positioning the boom do newer boats
<DIV></DIV>have?
<DIV></DIV>A: Mine is like yours, I cleat it off so that it won't rise when I raise
<DIV></DIV>the main.
<DIV></DIV>2. This question is more important because I was going to be making a
<DIV></DIV>new rudder. The previous owner had made the one on there now. The
<DIV></DIV>rudder actually pivots down so far that it goes slightly past vertical
<DIV></DIV>and starts to angle forward. Is this by design?
<DIV></DIV>A: Yes. The boat should steer effortlessly with the rudder in this
<DIV></DIV>position. Might I ask why go to the expense and trouble of making a new
<DIV></DIV>rudder? Even if it is chewed up some, you can use bondo and a sealer to
<DIV></DIV>repair the one you have.
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<DIV></DIV>Dick
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<DIV></DIV>CPT Richard F. Sheehan
<DIV></DIV>PO Box 117
<DIV></DIV>Wellfleet. MA 02667-0117
<DIV></DIV>PH: 508-349-3096
<DIV></DIV>dickshee@juno.com
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