I have an O'Day 272, with a 9.9 Yamaha outboard. The outboard motor is so low on the transom, that it is hard to reach and control when making docking maneuvers, particularly backing. I was wondering if someone has come up with a device to link the large rudder to the outboard so that they will both turn in unisom when docking. A device that could be quickly and easily removed after docking.
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"soft link"
Check out the link to: http://www.stewartfam.net/arlyn/softlink.html This'll work if your rudder and motor are side by side. This site has a few great modifications.
Check out the link to: http://www.stewartfam.net/arlyn/softlink.html This'll work if your rudder and motor are side by side. This site has a few great modifications.
Thanks Brent for kind words
I tracked the links that were coming to my web site and appreciate the kind words Brent. Yes, the soft link is amazingly simple... but does a great job... very often its the simple things that work best.
I tracked the links that were coming to my web site and appreciate the kind words Brent. Yes, the soft link is amazingly simple... but does a great job... very often its the simple things that work best.
Elegant
Arlyn: Your ‘Soft Link’ rig looks like a truly elegant solution. This is one of those things that should have appeared in the “Saving Money” thread. I would not be at all surprised if you indicated that the link, as seen, started out as a prototype, using the cheapest materials available. You might have been working out the mechanics - then realized that no improvement (with more expensive materials or elaborate rigging) was required. It worked “as is”, and merely (fortuitously) turned out to be ‘inexpensive’. Then again...
Good design, and implementation!!! Gord
Arlyn: Your ‘Soft Link’ rig looks like a truly elegant solution. This is one of those things that should have appeared in the “Saving Money” thread. I would not be at all surprised if you indicated that the link, as seen, started out as a prototype, using the cheapest materials available. You might have been working out the mechanics - then realized that no improvement (with more expensive materials or elaborate rigging) was required. It worked “as is”, and merely (fortuitously) turned out to be ‘inexpensive’. Then again...
Good design, and implementation!!! GordElegant
Arlyn: Your ‘Soft Link’ rig looks like a truly elegant solution. This is one of those things that should have appeared in the “Saving Money” thread. I would not be at all surprised if you indicated that the link, as seen, started out as a prototype, using the cheapest materials available. You might have been working out the mechanics - then realized that no improvement (with more expensive materials or elaborate rigging) was required. It worked “as is”, and merely (fortuitously) turned out to be ‘inexpensive’. Then again... Good design, and implementation!!! Gord
Arlyn: Your ‘Soft Link’ rig looks like a truly elegant solution. This is one of those things that should have appeared in the “Saving Money” thread. I would not be at all surprised if you indicated that the link, as seen, started out as a prototype, using the cheapest materials available. You might have been working out the mechanics - then realized that no improvement (with more expensive materials or elaborate rigging) was required. It worked “as is”, and merely (fortuitously) turned out to be ‘inexpensive’. Then again...
Good design, and implementation!!! Gord- Status