"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
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Rudder failure causes British couple to abandon sailboat.

Wilbur Hubbard


Glass, throw, houses, in, people, stones, shouldn't, stones...re-arrange to
suit.
At least they abandoned a damaged boat, unlike the muppets over the pond.

http://www.boatbuilding.net/article..../04/10/1123245

In article , Adrian
wrote:

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
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Rudder failure causes British couple to abandon sailboat.

Glass, throw, houses, in, people, stones, shouldn't, stones...re-arrange to
suit.

Which rather dodges the larger question. I have only once been aboard a
vessel that smashed her rudder and then she was small enough that we could
unship the remains* and get enough steering force from a towed bucket.

Now -if- you can break/saw/unbolt the offending article a jury rigged paddle
will probably get you by, together with streaming warps if things get lively,
but I've never really given it a thought as a likely hazard for an
ocean-crossing passage. Not too difficult if it's possible to use a dinghy
as a repair platform but when did trouble ever occur in a calm?

A hacksaw blade on a pole might be enough to cut away damage but only if you
can somehow get it into the right position...

What tricks do you lot have in reserve?

Cheerio,

* For unship read: crowbar out, bending the upper pin.

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On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:18:49 +0100, Derek Moody
wrote:

Now -if- you can break/saw/unbolt the offending article a jury rigged paddle
will probably get you by, together with streaming warps if things get lively,
but I've never really given it a thought as a likely hazard for an
ocean-crossing passage. Not too difficult if it's possible to use a dinghy
as a repair platform but when did trouble ever occur in a calm?

A hacksaw blade on a pole might be enough to cut away damage but only if you
can somehow get it into the right position...

What tricks do you lot have in reserve?

Boats entering the Newport-Bermuda Race must be able to demonstrate a
workable emergency rudder/tiller that meets with the satisfaction of
the safety inspection committee. A common strategy is to have a
cabin door that has been prepared for lashing to the spinnaker pole.
I wouldn't want to steer a 50 footer 300 miles that way but it could
probably be made to work.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:18:49 +0100, Derek Moody
wrote:

Now -if- you can break/saw/unbolt the offending article a jury rigged
paddle
will probably get you by, together with streaming warps if things get
lively,
but I've never really given it a thought as a likely hazard for an
ocean-crossing passage. Not too difficult if it's possible to use a
dinghy
as a repair platform but when did trouble ever occur in a calm?

A hacksaw blade on a pole might be enough to cut away damage but only if
you
can somehow get it into the right position...

What tricks do you lot have in reserve?

Boats entering the Newport-Bermuda Race must be able to demonstrate a
workable emergency rudder/tiller that meets with the satisfaction of
the safety inspection committee. A common strategy is to have a
cabin door that has been prepared for lashing to the spinnaker pole.
I wouldn't want to steer a 50 footer 300 miles that way but it could
probably be made to work.


Not knowing the boat, it's difficult to imagine what would cause the rudder
to jam at full lock, but I would guess the cause to be internal, rather than
external.


Dennis.

On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:18:49 +0100, Derek Moody
wrote this crap:

Which rather dodges the larger question. I have only once been aboard a
vessel that smashed her rudder and then she was small enough that we could
unship the remains* and get enough steering force from a towed bucket.

Now -if- you can break/saw/unbolt the offending article a jury rigged paddle
will probably get you by, together with streaming warps if things get lively,
but I've never really given it a thought as a likely hazard for an
ocean-crossing passage. Not too difficult if it's possible to use a dinghy
as a repair platform but when did trouble ever occur in a calm?

A hacksaw blade on a pole might be enough to cut away damage but only if you
can somehow get it into the right position...

What tricks do you lot have in reserve?

I once broke the tiller.

We steered with the sails.

Vote for Palin-Ahhhnold in 2012.




I'm Horvath and I approve of this post.

"Bloody Horvath" wrote in message
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What tricks do you lot have in reserve?

I once broke the tiller.

We steered with the sails.

Vote for Palin-Ahhhnold in 2012.




I'm the Mighty Horvath and I approve of this post.

Yes, but you are the Mighty Horvath, and you will vote for Palin-Ahhhnold in
2012. He's just a pussy. And he probably likes Obama bin Biden.