I've been intending on getting photos taken since I posted this, and I'm at the boat club several times a week and keep forgetting. The rudder blade is down all the way, and I've tilted the engine and tried everything I can think of to keep them from hitting each other. At best, the prop just barely nicks the edge of the rudder blade as you can see in the one picture where the blade is up (next to the engine). I now rarely motor in and out of my slip (only when solo), so this is less of an issue, but I still need to repair the damage to the rudder. I've not pulled my boat out of the water since March, and I don't have an easy way to measure the distances. 




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From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> On Behalf Of ROGER PIHLAJA
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 12:16 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Rudder-Engine Conflicts

Allyn,

Mary Lou Troy is correct.  The rudder blade needs to be all the way down in order to clear the prop.  However, your boat might have another issue.  Your motor mount might be installed too far inboard.  Or, your rudder might have been installed off the transom centerline to port; but, that seems very unlikely.  Try this: Measure the distance from the rudder's gudgeon centerline to the centerline of the outboard motor mount.  It's pouring cat & dogs right now, so I can't go make that measurement on S/V Dynamic Equilibrium.  But, when the rain lets up, I will go make that measurement and let you know what I find.

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium

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From: Mary Lou Troy<mailto:mtroy at atlanticbb.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 9:27 AM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Rudder-Engine Conflicts

Is your rudder pulled all the way forward with the control line on the front edge of the rudder? It sails better with it pulled forward too.

Ours was close after we bought a new motor with a larger low-thrust prop but the rudder never came in contact with the prop. Hopefully someone else has had and solved the issue.

Mary Lou

On 6/9/2020 11:38 PM, Allyn Baskerville wrote:
> Being new to the local boat club, I was assigned a slip that can be a 
> challenging getting in and out of. I literally have 2' to spare 
> backing up and none on the port side. I rely on the engine getting 
> outOf the slip area, though it's not bad pulling back into the slip.
> The engine doesn't turn with the rudder, and I have to be very careful 
> or the prop bangs on the rudder. Depending on the wind, I sometimes 
> have to make some sharp turns.  I need to fix the rudder due to prop 
> damage, but before doing so, does anyone else have this problem? Any 
> solutions for dealing with this? Thanks
>
> Sent from my iPhone


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