Hi Charles, Congrats on the acquisition of a C&C 30 MK I. I own hull #7, built in 1972. My boat also has tiller steering and boom-end sheeting, making for a nice roomy cockpit. I’ve dealt with play in the tiller as well. In my case it was easy to correct by simply tightening the nuts on the bolt fastening the tiller to the rudder “head”. I didn’t have to tighten any other bolts. The play was in the up-and-down motion of the tiller - if I let go of it, it would fall on somebody’s feet in the cockpit. But I found that tightening those nuts also stiffened the tiller’s side-to-side motion, interestingly - it gave the boat firmer steering.
Also, welcome to the list. The best way to share pictures is to put them on Google drive or similar, then include links in your posts to the list. Here are a bunch of pictures of my boat Grenadine: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-NqAxQ6JxFTaUlpUkZJWGt5RVk <https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-NqAxQ6JxFTaUlpUkZJWGt5RVk> Best Regards, Randy Stafford S/V Grenadine C&C 30-1 #7 Ken Caryl, CO > On Sep 4, 2017, at 6:09 AM, Cleverboy via CnC-List <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Looking for some guidance on a problem with my newly acquired 73 C&C30 . I > Have play in the tiller and I'm trying to determine if the play is the result > of "egging" around the through bolt or the piece that I think is called the > rudder head. The rudder head is attached to the rudder shaft by 2 bolts. It > appears that over the 44 years of sailing some material may have worn away > allowing the tiller to have the sloppiness. I tried attaching 2 photos but it > put me wildly over the size permitted for emails. > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Charles Ferrari > Bronx, NY > C&C 30 MK1 > Destrier > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you wish > to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray <https://www.paypal.me/stumurray> > > All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
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