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    Posted: 25 Apr 05 at 5:42pm
lol yeah i think that common sense wasnt very high on the agenda the day that was decided.

Lol thnx granite that makes some sense, and realy NO mention of rudder, so you could sail with out one, (that would make for good boat handling and amusing sailing (to watch) but not good for winning i would expect)
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I wouldn't try it with aluminium - it does react and corrode...stainless steel is the best choice. 

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Carbon will react with stainless as well - you'll see rust weeps - but its not usually so serious as they aren't so far apart on the elctrochemical scale as aluminium and carbon.

Aluminium inside a carbon mast is a *really* bad idea BTW, the notorious failures of early 600 masts due to corrosion of the alloy sleeving is an excellent example. Apparently there are still SMODS with alloy sleeving in the mast which amazes me. no matter how much tape you wrap round it you're still going to get electrochemical corrosion over the long term, and having it where you can *never* see what's happening doesn't score an especially high common sense mark in my opinion.
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A few of the extentions mentioned in this topic have been for Cherubs where there is no mention of the rudder in the rules.

However the boat is weighed without these bits in them when it is measured, so the lighter the un-measured bits are the better as that will keep your total weight down
If it doesn't break it's too heavy; if it does it wasn't built right
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the gorrila tillers are aluminium
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Originally posted by hurricane

you can use any aluminium and steel on carbon it does not react.

I wouldn't try it with aluminium - it does react and corrode...stainless steel is the best choice. 
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Yeah what are thouse gorillla tillers? i have never worked it out, are they carbon fibre?
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i love gorrilla tillers their great but any carbon fiber light weight extension will do me! LOL
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you can use any aluminium and steel on carbon it does not react.

if you look how much aluminium and steel react its amazing we still put them togther! i try not to!
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well what i did...... drill a hole through it and then stick a pin through. then ducktape it up. it doesn't seem really strong but it's not gonna come apart.
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ok so i have no idea on that question - sorry. but i have a question of my own, looking through some class rules, it seems that the tiller extension doens have to be a fixed weight just the rudder 'unit' needs to be a minimum weight. Is this the same for the classes that you guys are making these tiller extentions for, Just wondering if the weight is that much of an issue. (hope that made sense)
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