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