Hey out there does anyone know if the rudder has to be removed to get the shaft out of the Morgan 34s thanks
1967 Morgan 34 shaft removal
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If the shaft was purposely misaligned or you have a skeg version, maybe not. Otherwise it looks like it does.
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MORGAN 34 - sailboatdata
The MORGAN 34 was the first real production yacht from Morgan Yachts and among the most successful. A few later versions had a separated rudder on skeg. Some later boats were sold as kits. Early boats had bronze centerboards. Later on this was changed to fiberglass. Charles Morgan owned his own...
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Thanks Paul yeah that’s what I thought not sure how involved that will be to remove was hoping a turn on the rudder to the side would work
I thought about that I wonder how much meat is there and how much I would have to cut I guess if it wasn’t much I could glass it back when I got it in
It looks like the rudderpost is at the leading edge of the rudder - probably a SS bar. There may be a fiberglass wrapping that you could grind down, but going beyond that to cutting the post would probably not be a smart move. You may have some "wiggle room" from removing the cutlass bearing, but the drawing on Sailboatdata makes it look like the shaft has a lot of solid keel/sternpost fiberglass holding it very straight.
Yeah I talked to a older guy that works on boats and he seemed to think that it would slide out with out removing the rudder . I’m also dealing with the centerboard what a pain in the ass just keeps going I’m missing my 1978 tartan 34 c everyday .