Rudder Repairs

[rgranger]

Kick up rudders are nice... but! When it is in the up position you need to steer with the outboard, otherwise you can hit your rudder blade with the prop

Anyway... I recently made some rudder repairs and thought I'd post the pics. in case anyone else might find it useful.

What you can't see in the photo with the pipe clamp, is that I inserted an oak slat over the screws.

I also installed my newly made tiller. I posted the pics of its construction in an earlier post.

Fair winds and speedy repairs (to all of you caught in these storms on the East coast).

 

[davenlynn]

That be a fine looking rudder, rgranger. Do you, or another reader have a diagram of how the line and etc. on it are rigged? And how it operates? Mine came from the PO bolted down securely and with no instructions. After getting stuck in a low tide mud flat last week, it'd sure be handy to raise it when necessary.

Thanks,

Dave
S/V Trial and Error

 

[rgranger]

Rudder Lines

Do you, or another reader have a diagram of how the line and etc. on it are rigged? And how it operates?

Dave
S/V Trial and Error

Dave, the line you see in the pic below is a single line that passes through the cleat and each bitter end is tied with a simple knot on the other side of the holes you see in the rudder blade. Nothing more to it than that. You pull the forward line to hold the rudder down and then loop the slack around the cleat horn...you pull the rear line to hold the rudder up. The rudder actually floats so you only need to use the rear line to hold it up when you are at the launch ramp.

Hope this helps. If you need more pics or explanation let me know.

r

 

[davenlynn]

R:

Thanks. Yes, it does help. Sorry to wait so long to reply; I couldn't find the original post.

Dave

 

[Douglast]

i was thinking of one of those prop guards that increase thrust...i thought it would serve two purposes...protect the rudder when motor left down and increase performance

 

[Someyawhoo]

My experience with a prop guard is mixed. Protects the rudder but lower speed with the guard. Was a 5 horse motor. Overall I did not get the performance out of the prop guard I was looking for.

I have since gone to a electric trolling motor with a plastic blade (motor guide v55, 55lb thrust). The blade does no damage to the rudder (small smear marks on the paint) so prop guard is not needed. . Low speed thrust is much better with the troller.

 

[Bob 04 H260]

The best solution to keep the outboard prop away from the rudder is a linkage between the tiller and outboard so both turn together, makes docking etc. so much more controllable. On one boat I installed a teardrop shaped piece of thin aluminum on to the anti-cavitation plate on the motor so the rudder would contact this plate just before the edge of the prop. I did not notice any change in motoring performance at all after bolting this plate on.
good luck, Bob