[Rhodes22-list] Rudder failure

Tom Van Heule tom.vanheule at intrinsicprograms.com
Sun Jun 20 19:31:18 EDT 2021


Oooooooo.     Stan?. ;)
I almost fell off the bow this weekend, and the awesome build of the the
bow pulpit allowed me to spin around like a Trappist, not the monk... I had
an IPA, the uneven bars anyways...

Time for making some better docking lines....

Hope everyone is enjoying father's day.



On Sun, Jun 20, 2021, 6:25 PM ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com> wrote:

> Tom,
>
> I have a very official looking certificate from Stan that was USPS snail
> mailed to me.
>
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jun 20, 2021, at 6:17 PM, Tom Van Heule <
> tom.vanheule at intrinsicprograms.com> wrote:
> >
> > Would, in theory, this part be covered under ROC? Assuming he was
> holding
> > an email from Stan acknowledge his membership? (There is nothing more
> > official, correct? It what I have, and I save the email!)
> >
> >> On Sun, Jun 20, 2021, 5:14 PM ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Thomas,
> >>
> >> The GBI rudder head is made of PVC.  Even a UV stabilized grade of PVC
> >> will eventually become embrittled by sunlight exposure.  That’s what it
> >> looks like happened to yours.  Stan will sell you a new one.  Or, you
> might
> >> consider purchasing a piece of black ultra high molecular weight
> >> polyethylene (UHMWPE) and using your old rudder head as a template.
> UHMWPE
> >> can  be cut and shaped with wood working tools.  My rudder head is 25+
> >> years old and shows no signs of sun exposure.  Try US Plastics,
> >> McMaster-Carr, or Grainger for UHMWPE.
> >>
> >> Roger Pihlaja
> >> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >>
> >>> On Jun 20, 2021, at 2:51 PM, THOMAS POLISE via Rhodes22-list <
> >> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Did anyone ever have this happen? And would you one what the material
> >> is and where I can get it?
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