Just finished a few days ago. New bronze upper bearing. Took the rudder tube out of the structural picture. Now it's just there to keep the...
Does anyone want to wax eloquent on ring frames?:confused:
The rudder shaft is hollow, 72.7 mm dia. I'm not sure of the wall thickness. I'll check for straightness when we get the rudder off the boat but...
Thanks for the input. I got an e-mail back from Tony Castro. He suggested that the gussets should have been 5 times larger! Additionally I got...
Further investigation show that the rudderpost is indeed moving and the the hull seems to flex between the ruddertube structure and the semi skeg....
The rudder has three bearings, at the skeg, hull and top of the tube. The rudder never really seems to bind that I can tell, even when opposite...
So I had a closer look and was able to see a small crack at the end of the starboard gusset. When flexing the rudder post (using the wheel...
Lower bearing is bronze, just replaced. Upper bearing appears to be nylon with almost no play. The whole FRP rudder tube seems to flex. I'm...
Side to side.
I have a CS 40 built in 2000. It was a Tony Castro design from the 80's. I've noticed that the top of the rudder post moves as much as an inch...
