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Mike
we are doing the ARC in a few weeks time, as the "ships engineer" I was a bit concerned with the ammount of movement noticed at the top of the rudder stem where it comes through the deck and is secured onto a plate...above which the stem continues for the emergency tiller.There are two teflon washers that sit below the adjustable screw, one of which appears to shroud the shaft on its decent.at present there is a 3mm latteral movement of the rudder post noticable when under presure....my question is ...is this an accepted tolerance?I am tempted to tighten the screw down but think the entire system may be gravity held and thus any tigtening may upset the position of lower elements?have fallen out with the dealer so he wont help...any advice?Mike