On 2007-04-04 12:13:02 -0400, "Paul" said:

[...] I expect you're thinking about a storm at sea. While any storm makes
me uncomfortable --I hate to spill drinks-- and I do everything in my
power to stay away from them, I'd wouldn't be unduly alarmed to find
myself in one if I were well away from any shore, was on a series drogue
sea anchor, and had time to strip the exterior and unship our rudder and
put it below.

Unship your rudder?

I wondered if anyone would notice that.

One of the advantages of our transom-hung rudder is that I can take it
off and eliminate damage caused by drifting backwards in high sease. I
also can, and do, inspect the fittings regularly. There is a good pic
of our rudder on Xan's exterior pics page.

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Jere Lull
Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
Xan's new pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/
Our BVI pages: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/