Cee-Vee stock...I give up!

I think Ian's rant here is quite justified as the Europe class rules

state that the rudder fittings should allow rudders to be

interchangeable between boats. So selling a stock as a Europe

stock when the bottom fitting is incorrect is a bit rubbish.

I find those right angled screw drivers to be a pain, I would use

a screwdriver bit held in a 1/4 inch spanner and pack under the

bit with some wood against the other side of the stock, a clamp

could be used to hold the whole thing tight if required. The nuts

could then be removed with a spanner.

The thing with cross head screws is that there a re a lot of

different styles and the wrong type of screwdriver will just not

bite, need to try several sizes and styles to get the best fit

before starting.

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Granite Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Far too distracted from work Joined: 12 May 04 Location: Scotland Online Status: Offline Posts: 476	Post Options Post Reply Quote Granite Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Cee-Vee stock...I give up! Posted: 20 Aug 09 at 11:24am
	I think Ian's rant here is quite justified as the Europe class rules state that the rudder fittings should allow rudders to be interchangeable between boats. So selling a stock as a Europe stock when the bottom fitting is incorrect is a bit rubbish. I find those right angled screw drivers to be a pain, I would use a screwdriver bit held in a 1/4 inch spanner and pack under the bit with some wood against the other side of the stock, a clamp could be used to hold the whole thing tight if required. The nuts could then be removed with a spanner. The thing with cross head screws is that there a re a lot of different styles and the wrong type of screwdriver will just not bite, need to try several sizes and styles to get the best fit before starting.
	If it doesn't break it's too heavy; if it does it wasn't built right

tack'ho Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 08 Feb 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1100	Post Options Post Reply Quote tack'ho Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 24 Aug 09 at 7:22am
	You've got a measurement certificate with the new stock I assume?!? Non? Who ever sold you that stock as a Europe stock has seen you off!
	I might be sailing it, but it's still sh**e!

craiggo Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 01 Apr 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1810	Post Options Post Reply Quote craiggo Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 24 Aug 09 at 11:13am
	Having recently gone through similar problems with my RS700 stock ( although I didnt need to switch the gudgeon with a pintle), I eventually hacksawed the nuts off the countersunk bolts, and then tapped the remains back through the hole. I then drilled out all the holes oversize, filled the countersink in the inside of the stock with some little tapered packers and bolted it all back together with the nuts on the inside! The other problems I have come across before are that the sea-sure gudgeons and pintles dont seem to maintain the same hole pattern very long, the last one I bought was 1/2 a hole out on all holes and needed significant work to fit. I was even tempted to try and weld it all together!