Thanks Jim, I look forward to your photos of the mast gate. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Poulakis" <picfo@comcast.net> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 5:14 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Ida Sailor Rudder
Joe, I haven't had a warping issue with my Idasail rudder but I do a LOT of tacking.
To get my Idasail rudder all the way up I start by giving the rope handle a mighty tug. As the rudder blade breaks the surface I let go of the rope and frantically grasp for the slippery white devil as it leaps from the water (powered by momentum).
It's all in the wrist...
By the way, I'm working on the mast gate photo / description.
Jim
On Sep 15, 2009, at 8:43 AM, Joe Murphy wrote:
Has anyone experienced their Ida Sailor rudder develop a warp? I took a trip from Bogue Sound up to Oriental, NC and then out to Ocracoke Island. Each night I would pull the rudder up. I rafted up with two other boats in Ocracoke and pulled the rudder up and thought it had a slight warp to it but wrote it off to fatique and wearing bifocals. Then on the last night when I sailed from Ocracoke to Atlantic, I pulled up the rudder and it looked at its banana shape. I pulled the rudder completely off and laid it on the dock and it was definitely warped. It has about a 1" bow to it. Any thoughts? The rudder that I have is the white one. One other question. No matter how I pull up the rudder, I can only get it to raise up to water level. Then I have to use a boat hook to pull it the rest of the way up to its full vertical position. I looked at the video and Joel makes it look so simple. And then to add insult to injury, some yound lady does the same thing. Joe
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