Sure would like to see a picture or two of the steering mechanism If at all possible would make a nice addition to solo boat handling. George We can not control the Wind But we can adjust our Sails -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Thomas Buzzi Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 11:44 AM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: Chewed up rudder On my old M17 before I decided to just lift the thing out of the water when sailing I installed a pivoting arm between the outboard lover unit and my rudder so the tiller actually steered the outboard the same time as the rudder. Only chewed up one rudder that way. Tom On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 8:08 PM, stevetrapp <stevetrapp@q.com> wrote:
I did a similar thing with the rudder on my M-15 nearly 20 years ago. I went to a store, bought a fiberglas patch kit, repaired the rudder with the kit, and am still sailing the M-15 with the same rudder, I think it
may
even be stronger than the original before the patch. Steve
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lou" <capnlou@ec.rr.com> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 5:06 PM Subject: M_Boats: Chewed up rudder
I just wanted to post this so that others might avoid such an incident. I ran my M-15 aground on a sandy bottom, which would have been no problem, however as the rudder kicked up I turned it unknowingly into the prop of my engine. I took about an inch off the trailing edge of my rudder that I will now have to fix. I don't know if this has happened to anyone else or if it has been posted before but I wanted to make you aware that this can happen.