Thanks, Tod this helps. So basically you drilled through the gudgeon and placed a block in between? What did you use to hold the block? Maria ----- Original Message ----- From: <htmills@bright.net> To: "'For and about Montgomery Sailboats'" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 6:33 PM Subject: RE: M_Boats: M17 Rudders
Maria,
Here is a picture showing the block. It would have been better if I had drilled the holes in the gudgeon slightly more aft (closer to the mahogany) than I did (I probably could have avoided the chafe that this picture illustrates). I had left the rudder mounted for a week or two, not raised completely and the line chafed on the transom gudgeon. I replaced the line and am careful not to leave the rudder in a position not quite fully raised and haven't had any more chafing since.
www.bright.net/~htmills/BuscaRudderChafe.jpg
Tod
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