Broken Rudder Cap Hunter 27

[Hapa]

Aloha All~

I was hoping my first post would be sharing the joys of sailing in Florida...
Not a chance.

I have a broken Rudder Cap on my 1979 Hunter '27.
Does anybody have any idea where I might find one?
I live in Texas but I'm now stranded in Boca Raton so it's kinda urgent (seriously)

Please email:
pua_surfs@yahoo.com

Aloha~

 

[GorillaToast]

Look for a thread titled "what is this part called" unfortunately you're not gonna find one at marine store you can have next day aired to you. They have to be custom made. I had mine done by a local plastics company. I hope you didn't throw the broken one away! They'll need it to get the dimensions.

 

[Hapa]

Look for a thread titled "what is this part called" unfortunately you're not gonna find one at marine store you can have next day aired to you. They have to be custom made. I had mine done by a local plastics company. I hope you didn't throw the broken one away! They'll need it to get the dimensions.

No I got it. Holding on to it for dear life. Looking at a hardware store for something interim. Thank you I will look when I get back to the boat...

"I use to have money...
Now I have a boat"

Unknown author, but that's about right.

Mahalo,

Pua

 

[Hapa]

Look for a thread titled "what is this part called" unfortunately you're not gonna find one at marine store you can have next day aired to you. They have to be custom made. I had mine done by a local plastics company. I hope you didn't throw the broken one away! They'll need it to get the dimensions.

I'm on my phone and no wifi. Maybe I could post a pic here and you could forward it for me to the correct forum? Unknown it's asking a lot but I can't seem to make a separate thread or post in the other one,

Mahalo~

 

[Crazy Dave Condon]

Contact the forum store as they may have it in stock or can get it for you.

 

[isaksp00]

Assuming you can't get that exact part quickly enough, maybe consider an emergency alternative?

If it were me (and I know nothing about the 27, so this may all be useless "digital" hot air) I'd see if a sort of U-shaped aluminum stand-in would work. Something shaped like the way staples come when you slide them into a staple gun, using reasonably thick aluminum stock - maybe like 1/8 inch. I'd think metal fabricators would be easy to find near Boca Raton, and bending into a square u shape should not be that hard for them.

That assumes the width of the (inverted) U sized to fit over the rudder post is more or less the right width to let the tiller fitting attach either bracketing the outside of that U-bracket, or could be inserted inside.

Plastic to attach the tiller to the post seems sort of not the ideal design.

Peter

 

[Nelsonhow]

You might check with Rigrite.com. Under redder Tiller Heads. Although not cheap they have a good selection.

 

[Hapa]

I saw that on Rig Rite. When I get back to land I will definitely look into that or have a machinist just fab me one from the broken pieces I saved. Thanks you so much. I'm gonna try a pipe end cap to get me home. Drill holes to match the ones that attach the tiller and then at 90 degrees for another through bolt; that should hold me through the next 800 or so nm until I get home. That hunter website has nothing and I can't get anyone to answer the phone, weird right? Thanks for all the suggestions, any and all help is appreciated and encouraged.

Aloha~

Pua

 

[GorillaToast]

I'm on my phone and no wifi. Maybe I could post a pic here and you could forward it for me to the correct forum? Unknown it's asking a lot but I can't seem to make a separate thread or post in the other one, Mahalo~

I'm sorry. That is not the part I thought you were talking about. I have wheel steering, no tiller head.