Rondar rudder stock (keeping blade down)
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Topic: Rondar rudder stock (keeping blade down)
Posted By: ColH
Subject: Rondar rudder stock (keeping blade down)
Date Posted: 10 Feb 08 at 3:47pm
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Interested in methods people use with Rondar (Yachtspeed) rudder stocks to keep the blade down firmly. On the Blaze I have a rope downhaul and cleat, and in more than light winds I then also lean over the stern and tighten the wing nut. On the Fireball, there is much further to lean, but I hang over the back, push the blade down and insert a split pin to lock it. This is a bit fiddly in a blow, so I'm wondering about just using a downhaul instead. Tho' the stock is a larger size and the spokes are not immediately condusive with routing a downhaul, I reckon some modification is possible. Obviously a downhaul doesn't always hold too well, but what if I used a 2:1 - would that be adequate? I'm also thinking that even if a d'haul isn't really good enough, it might ease the initial getting away from the shore, and then I'd have more time/control to lock it fully with a pin. Any thoughts/suggestions welcome. |
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Posted By: No. 5
Date Posted: 03 Apr 08 at 6:17pm
| I use golf tees to hold my Contender rudder blade down in a Rondar stock. This obviously doesn't overcome the fiddly aspect of using a pin but it does mean that if you ground the blade the tee shears off allowing the blade to move and avoiding damage to the it or boat. Carry spare tees just in case they're needed. |
Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 03 Apr 08 at 6:37pm
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A friend of ours used to use plastic knitting needles as a rudder pins. Gave him something to do during those boring light wind runs; after all, we all know that sailors are full of old yarn. ------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC 
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Do you get to shout "Fore!" before you gybe?
Posted By: farc anal
Date Posted: 04 Apr 08 at 2:20pm
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friend of mine glued the whole lot together in the darn position , and lifts the whole thing on and orf like that , funny watching him approach a lee shore with a sprint on ! |
