Dan, Sorry this is a couple weeks late, I seem to have been ex-communicated from here for awhile –
This is what I said at the time, but it never made it through. Just my opinion, of course, so worth exactly what you paid for it. <I would go with C, Rudder slightly misshapen. Couple things I noticed about the re-build, (from your video) when you removed the port side skin, you cut and discarded the half shell, and fiber glassed over the top of the front and back portion of the remaining skin. I would have thought you would feather the fiberglass down to a 10:1 angle where you cut it, and then just remove and re-use that original portion of the skin so it would have the identical profile. I am thinking your rudder is about a quarter inch proud on the port side, causing more lift over there. The only reason I think this is that you mentioned you didn’t seem to believe that it pulled left before. Bill Coleman Erie PA> From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan via CnC-List Sent: Monday, September 16, 2019 11:20 AM To: CNC boat owners, cnc-list Cc: Dan Subject: Stus-List New Rudder Steering Tugging Hi all, So I recently rebuilt my rudder and re-installed it on Breakaweigh. We took the boat out yesterday and I noticed when under diesel power that the wheel is lightly tugging to the port side. I'm not entirely sure if it did that before or if this is a new tugging. If I were to completely let go of the wheel the boat would automatically start a broad turn to port just like your car is supposed to always veer to one side to get you off the road (so I've heard) My question is - is this due to the movement/rotation of water from the prop at 2000 rpm moving water accross the rudder (is this a typical rudder/prop thing?) OR do I need to adjust the tension in my rudder cables, OR is my rudder very slightly miss-shapen causing a minor lift" to one side? When I re-attached the rudder I referenced photos I took of my rudder cables where they are attached to the quadrant before hand so I could closely match the threading on each side so that the tensions would be the same as before. (theoretically) Thanks everyone, Dan Breakaweigh C&C44 Halifax, NS
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