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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jan --</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Major bummer, dude.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mark Lowry</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ex-Soliton, #584</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=hydrophilos@earthlink.net href="mailto:hydrophilos@earthlink.net">Jan
Grygier</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=tuna@myfleet.org
href="mailto:tuna@myfleet.org">S22 Santana22 List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 09, 2009 9:54
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Santana 22] Carlos needs a new
rudder!</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=964284416-09062009><FONT face=Arial size=2>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?)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=964284416-09062009><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=964284416-09062009><FONT face=Arial size=2>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...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jan Grygier, PhD</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="mailto:hydrophilos@earthlink.net">hydrophilos@earthlink.net</A></FONT></DIV>
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