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.
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.
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.
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.
I don't know if my prop can reach the rudder, but I find that my M17 is pretty manoeverable with the rudder alone, so I fix the motor dead ahead while motoring and steer with the rudder. If the rudder post is immobilized (e.g., when I am carrying the mast for raising at a slip), I pop the Ruddercraft rudder out of the water and steer with the motor. Tom On Feb 5, 2013, at 10:19 AM, Gilbert Landin wrote:
LOL, the old brrrrppp... oops.
gilbert
Well, that mechanism went the way of my first Mont.17 about 25 years ago. My next one should be here in about 10 days or so. On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:55 AM, George R. Iemmolo <griemmolo2@gmail.com>wrote:
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.
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