[Rhodes22-list] Rudder Pin

[Leland]

Joe,

Welcome back to the Chesapeake!

If a picture is worth a thousand words this might be worth a syllable:

http://old.nabble.com/file/p30589665/At%2BEase%2B050.jpg At+Ease+050.jpg 

If you blow it up you can see the tip of the bottom rudder pin right above
the red/orange line that pulls the rudder down and in.  Hopefully someone
else has a better picture.

On my boat nothing holds the upper or lower rudder pins in their holes aside
from the weight of the rudder (and gravity).  

I once went really really really hard aground while motoring at top speed. 
The entire tiller/rudder assembly popped off.  The linkage attached to the
motor was the only thing that prevented the assembly from sinking to the
bottom, which was probably only a foot from the surface.  Had the assembly
been attached to the bracket it may have torn the bracket out of the
transom.

On your way back up you're welcome to stop by and look at my boat.

Good luck!

Lee
1986 Rhodes22  AT EASE
Kent Island, MD



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