Jim, Sorry for your trouble. I thought I'd soften you up by recounting a time when we tore a rudder off.
We were facing west attempting to anchor a C22 along the north shore of Emerald Bay - Lake Tahoe in 25-30 knots. I'm not sure we had worked out hand signals for use in high winds at that point but it certainly predates the loud-hailer on Wing Tip. We got a little out of sync and lost steerage way before the anchor was dropped. Turning the rudder on a stationary OB sailboat doesn't do much so Gina's attempts to keep the boat from peeling off into the field of submerged boulders north of us went unanswered. To make it worse the OB was cranked up pretty good to hold us against the wind so we accelerated wildly as it spun through dead down ending on east-south-east heading through the boulders. Since we were heading for deeper water I figured we'd ducked a bullet and then whack Gina had a tiller in her hand connected to a rudder without mounts. It was the beginning of a 3 day weekend which would have been ruined except for a local weld shop getting double overtime to correct a USCG citation related to tankage on the Tahoe Queen. It took them 15 minutes and it was free. Phil Agur s/v Wing Tip Secretary, Call Sign WCW3485 IC27/270A MMSI 366901790 www.catalina27.org Vessel Doc# 1039809 ----- Original Message ----- From: James Calleran To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 9:42 AM Subject: catalina27-talk: Looking for a rudder Listees, BayBird finds herself in need of a new rudder. Don't ask. It's still too painful to discuss. Perhaps someday. Anyway, I'm looking for a rudder for my 1976 (#2784) C27 Std. I am aware of the Booth rudder, which would be nice in that BayBird is an outboard model. However, I'm poor - okay, I'm cheap! - and, if I could score a used OEM rudder in good condition, I would be interested. Perhaps someone who converted to Booth still has the original sitting around in the garage or shed somewhere. Thanks. Fair Winds, Jim Calleran, C27 #2784, Trad, OB Mathews Yacht Club, VA 37°27.8'N/76°18.6'W
