It seems to be the rudder gets pulled up with a line through it that is cleated on both sides to the boat. The rod would be in two gudgeons only then? Not sure but I've stared at it too..lol. I have the setup but no hole in the rudder. Jazz On Feb 12, 2016 12:02 AM, "John Schinnerer" <john@eco-living.net> wrote:
Hi all,
Well, I got the lovely original slide-up rudder from Rick. He barely ever used it, long ago, so I need to ask here...
How does it work exactly? I can't just plug it in, since I have to re-do my gudgeons (adjust spacing of the existing two, add one in middle).
Does the rod slide in the gudgeons, rudder moving with rod? Or does the rudder slide on the rod, rod stays fixed in gudgeons?
I thought it would be obvious but when I look at it, it's not. There's one pin hole at the very top; another at the very bottom, in the end of the rod where it has reduced diameter for about half an inch; and a third near the bottom, where a pin would logically go just above the bottom rudder gudgeon.
I have a pic of the FD showing the three gudgeons on the transom, but only with a mast crutch in it.
If anyone with the slide-up rudder can post a close-in picture showing their rudder setup in place that would be very helpful also (picture worth 1K words at least!).
thanks, John S.
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