After picking up our mooring and locking the wheel I felt something "banging". I quickly found that the source was the rudder moving side to side as the boat swung on the mooring. I went down below and found that the steering cables were fairly slack and there was quite a bit of play, hence the back and forth movement. The top of the emergency tiller post was also moving not symmetrically within it's fitting as though the bearings around the rudder post weren't tight (something to do in the fall) It seems like there should be a pulley attached to a spring (an idler) to provide a calibrated pull on the cables and take up the slack. If that is not the answer then how tight should the cables be? I haven't dived into it yet but when I do is there an obvious way to shorten the steering cables?
Dave Saltaire C&C 35 MK3
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