[Rhodes22-list] Rudders-loss overboard - consensus?

[Slim]

I like that--it's the KISS principle.  But I have never, ever been accused
of over-thinking anything!

Cheers,

Slim   (sipping a Dewars at 3:30 am)

On 8/25/06 9:05 PM, "mjm at michaelmeltzer.com" <mjm at michaelmeltzer.com> wrote:

> I think people are overthinking it! I used a line tide to the rudder then the
> rail then the motor, the motor line was set so it would be tight right before
> it go shotting though the bottom, which is more likly -mjm
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Lock <jlock at relevantarts.com>
> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 20:19:22
> To:The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Cc:The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Rudders-loss overboard - consensus?
> 
> At 04:18 PM 8/25/2006 -0400, Robert Skinner wrote:
>> It was suggested that it would be better NOT to secure the
>> rudder in the gudgeons, as Rob and I have (by different
>> means) -- that it would be best to have the rudder
>> secured to the transom with a lanyard, etc. so it could
>> come up out of its fastenings if it were to bump bottom.
> 
> I'm guessing that a good compromise would be to use the hose clamp
> and just not adjust it too tightly.  For most vertical movement it
> would be secure, but if you bottomed-out hard after a sizable wave,
> the clamp would give way before major damage... yes?
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> John
> 
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