[Rhodes22-list] Rudders-loss overboard

[Robert Skinner]

I bored a hole in the top pintle and use a hairpin to lock it in place.
/Robert

Slim wrote:
> 
> I agree.  The pintles and gudgeons are pretty minimalist.   Mine has come
> off several times with following seas and only saved because I was holding
> on to it.
> 
> Slim
> 
> On 8/16/06 10:18 PM, "Chelle or Bob Ginsburg" <chellrg at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> > In the same way Stan has recommended a retaining line for the outboard,
> > wouldn't it be prudent to always have the rudder/tiller assembly somehow
> > fastened to something on the hull ( like a railing support ) ?
> > Granted there would be slightly more clutter in the stern area, but that
> > "sinking feeling" might be avoided if something very unlikely happened to
> > the pintles in the gudgeons.
> >
> > Bob G