[Rhodes22-list] Rory

[DCLewis1 at aol.com]

Rory,
 
This is a follow-up to your posts about a month ago regarding your rudder  
down haul.  You had two issues:
- Should the downhaul line be inside or  outside a turning bar 
- Could the downhaul line foul the prop.
I offered to see how my boat  was set up, you said you'd be interested.  The 
boat was hauled out prior to  the holidays, but I forgot to check the rudder 
stop issue so I’ve delayed  getting back to you.
 
Re fouling the prop, I don't think it can happen on our boat.  The  first 
attached pict shows the loosed rudder downhaul line being pulled over to  the 
prop housing to  maximum extent allowable with a boathook.  It  can’t be pulled 
out far enough, it won’t make it near the prop.  You  can make out the 
front/starboard side of the prop housing in the top right of  the pict, clearly it’s 
beyond the rudder pull down line.
 
Things might change if the motor were swiveled so that the prop could cut  
back, I didn't check that configuration, but I don't know why you'd ever operate 
 that way.  It amounts to putting the tiller hard to starboard and orienting  
the motor hard to port, seems like an exercise in contradictions.  We  
operate with the motor locked straight ahead, or more commonly with the  
tiller/motor linkage in place.
 
I think the key is the plastic choke stop attached to the  downhaul line at 
the top above the tiller, that prevents the line from flowing  back too far.  
Also, there is a screw down type of clutch at the back of  the tiller on our 
boat that prevents the line from flowing back - but even if it  did there's not 
a problem.  Stan's got this covered, I don't think it's a  problem.
 
I hope this addresses the prop fouling issue.
 
Re the turning bar for the downhaul line, pict 2 shows our  arrangement.  The 
line is outside the rudder stop, see pict 2.  This  has worked well for us, 
we have not had the problem you reported.  It  appears to me that the guys that 
installed your downhaul line ran it inside the  turning bar rather than 
outside.  
 
Dave
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