[Rhodes22-list] rudder position when leaving the boat in the slip

[Tom Van Heule]

Pintle!
That word has been on the tip of my tounge for weeks!!!  Thank you!!

On Mon, Oct 19, 2020, 9:40 AM Steve Bauman <sbauman369 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I usually leave my rudder up, and against my raised outboard motor, and the
> tiller tied to the starboard aft cleat.  One day when I had not done that
> and left it down, the wind picked up and caused ripples of waves in our
> marina (on Sandusky Bay, Ohio).  I noticed that my rudder was getting
> shuttered about slightly, and I believe this was putting undue wear on the
> rudder pintle bearings, which are just holes through plastic blocks
> that have already grown sloppy.  Since then, I always put my rudder up.
>
> Steve
>
> On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 10:55 AM Sling via Rhodes22-list <
> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
>
> > I have left my rudder in the down position ever since I put it in the
> slip
> > over 6 years ago. I am in a fresh water lake.  Any growth is easy to
> clean
> > off.  No problems after years of doing this.
> > Joe Riley S/V Second Wind Lake Hartwell SC
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Weiss, Robert L <rweiss at siu.edu>
> > To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Sent: Sat, Oct 17, 2020 8:53 pm
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] rudder position when leaving the boat in the
> > slip
> >
> > I leave my rudder up but my marina might be better protected than others.
> > Also, lake water might be less toxic than other locations.
> >
> > Robert L. Weiss Jr.
> > Director of Music
> > First United Methodist Carbondale IL
> > Professor Emeritus, SIUC
> > ________________________________
> > From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> on behalf of
> > Jesse Shumaker <jesse.laten.shumaker at gmail.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2020 7:47:03 PM
> > To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] rudder position when leaving the boat in the
> slip
> >
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> > This season I had a slip and left the rudder in the lowered position for
> > convenience since that is one less thing to adjust in the start / end of
> > sail sequence...... Just curious to hear from others who keep
> > their boats in slips: do you leave the rudder up or down when the boat is
> > docked at the slip?
> >
> > Jesse Shumaker
> > S/V Zephyr
> >
>