The rudder post is a Stainless steel pipe and it appears to be prone to
crevice corrosion. I just pulled mine and cleaned up the post with naval
jelly. While I still have a lot of pipe left, the crevice corrosion was
about to pop a hole the pipe. which would allow saltwater into the post and
into the rudder. I have decided to clean, fill with epoxy, surface the pipe,
and then start a policy annual inspection.
Perhaps all these older rudders ought to be pulled and inspected annually. I
suspect they will tend fail when you need them the most.
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From: tuna-bounces at myfleet.org [mailto:tuna-bounces at myfleet.org] On Behalf
Of Mark Lowry
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 9:22 PM
To: hydrophilos at earthlink.net; S22 Santana22 List
Subject: Re: [Santana 22] Carlos needs a new rudder!
Jan --
Major bummer, dude.
We lost the rudder on Soliton sailing back up from the south bay many years
ago. The shaft just corroded through and parted just above the rudder...
very interesting experience.. and no you can't steer a santana in 20+ knots
of breeze by adjusting the sails. We had to put the outboard on, that gave
us enough steerage to get off the TI lee shore.... but, I digress...
Anyway, I think Steve Seal put me in touch with a company in SoCal that had
a mold for the rudder and they built me a new one. I don't recall the name
of the company, but I'd bet that Steve Knows.
Mark Lowry
ex-Soliton, #584
----- Original Message -----
From: Jan <mailto:hydrophilos at earthlink.net> Grygier
To: S22 Santana22 List <mailto:tuna at myfleet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 9:54 AM
Subject: [Santana 22] Carlos needs a new rudder!
Like the movie title goes, an unfortunate series of events... On Friday
another RYC member (who will go nameless, he's not a villain here) was
towing his boat towards the crane to prep for the Ditch Run when the trailer
hitch came off. He jumped out of the car to steer the trailer away from any
boats, and instead his car rolled away, right into my trailer. The trailer
jumped the block behind the wheels and the boat smashed into fence and a
mast that had been hanging on the fence for years. Trailer needs a new jack
(which fortunately is in stock at WM down the road) and a new safety lanyard
(perhaps his trailer needs one too?)
The worst part is that my rudder was the part that hit the mast, and while
it moves fine from above, it doesn't make the same angle with the hull that
it used to, which means it's bent, and I don't want to go sailing with a
bent rudder.
So does anyone have a rudder in decent shape that we can use at least
temporarily, or leads on new ones? If not I may be available to crew in 10
days...
Jan Grygier, PhD
hydrophilos at earthlink.nethttp://home.earthlink.net/~hydrophilos/spigot.html
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