Roger Long wrote:
The recent rescue of the British couple has put emergency steering firmly
on my radar screen. I have three different ways to turn my rudder stock but
there is still the issue of internal failure at the weld where the internal
steel plates attach to the stock. This simple expedient will give me
something to work with if that should ever happen.

http://www.rogerlongboats.com/09Misc.htm#Hole

My rudder is configured so that internal failure will probably leave it
still attached to the boat.

--
Roger Long





Well, you made me look. My rudder already has a hole as you describe.

I now have:

Wheel steering with cable and quadrant block
Tiller back up, nice long tiller too
Auxillary rudder style wind vane
Hole in the rudder for a rope

Steel rudder supported by steel skeg.

I think I'm good to go on that one.