I've got a c-28 mk2, and was making final preparations to put her back in the water yesterday when I discovered that the wheel turned further to starboard than it does to port. The wheel should turn equal distances in both directions from center. What happens is that in my case turning to starboard moved the top center of the wheel to about 8 o'clock. Turning to port should have been a symmetric 4 o'clock, but instead went as far as 1 or 2. In fact, the quadrant had apparently broken through the fiberglass well, and I applied a patch. After further investigation, I found that there is what looks to be a wooden quadrant stop in place on the starboard side, but none on the port side of the well behind the steering pedestal. While I'm quite sure the fiberglass patch I added will help keep the bilge dry, I'm also quite sure it won't stop the rudder from turning through it again. This is a difficult area to work around, and I'd rather not mess with trying to take apart the cast aluminum quadrant to gain easier access to the problem spot. Has anyone replaced (or added) a quadrant stop? What material(s) did you use? How did you fasten it? Because it is such a difficult area to access, another solution I am considering is fastening small u-clamps or hose clamps on the steering cables in the place. In concept it seemed sound, but I don't know if stopping motion in that direction would also impede the required cable movement in the other direction (back towards the pedestal). Any ideas?
