"Larry" wrote in message
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"Roger Long" wrote in
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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.

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Roger Long





I met a guy in the harbor with a lost rudder on a small sailboat, probably
26', don't remember the brand. He just lost it...the post was still
there.

He was going crazy trying to figure out how to turn the boat without it.

"Did you try turning the outboard motor on the stern?", I queried, to his
astonished face.....

I wasn't really trying to be a smartass, but sometimes nature just hands
you the ultimate joke and you can't help but respond!



I almost lost my rudder on my Cal 20. I pulled pulled the pins that held the
pintles in the gudgeons for some reason I can't remember and forgot to put
them back in. A couple of minutes later the tiller got a bit taller, as it
worked its way out, then started to leave the boat. I had all I could do to
hold on and haul it back in.


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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Capt. JG" wrote in
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I almost lost my rudder on my Cal 20. I pulled pulled the pins that
held the pintles in the gudgeons for some reason I can't remember and
forgot to put them back in. A couple of minutes later the tiller got a
bit taller, as it worked its way out, then started to leave the boat.
I had all I could do to hold on and haul it back in.


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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com


That sorta reminds me of a friend leaving the brand new giant solar panel
laying on top of the old solar panel...forgetting it was up there until the
boat heeled over and they all watched it diving into the harbor.....true
story....(c;]

In 40' of water, not much left to find we figured.....

"Larry" wrote in message
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"Capt. JG" wrote in
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I almost lost my rudder on my Cal 20. I pulled pulled the pins that
held the pintles in the gudgeons for some reason I can't remember and
forgot to put them back in. A couple of minutes later the tiller got a
bit taller, as it worked its way out, then started to leave the boat.
I had all I could do to hold on and haul it back in.


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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com


That sorta reminds me of a friend leaving the brand new giant solar panel
laying on top of the old solar panel...forgetting it was up there until
the
boat heeled over and they all watched it diving into the harbor.....true
story....(c;]

In 40' of water, not much left to find we figured.....



That musta been an expensive mistake. My rudder (without the tiller) would
have been about $400, if I could find one. At one point I checked.

It was a strange feeling... tiller started to lift slightly, which I didn't
really recognize as a problem in the moment. Then, it got shorter.



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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com