The Scanmar rudder is certainly better than a piece of plywood bolted to a spinnaker pole! I'm guessing its at least $5,000, so its not in my budget!
BTW, the C&C 41 that lost its rudder returning to Newport from Bermuda had a new carbon fiber rudder. The stock was too thin and broke. The owner had replaced the original rudder due to its age. On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Indigo <ind...@thethomsons.us> wrote: > Believe the current ISAF regs require 50% of the storm jib to be a > highly visible color. Would have thought that having a colored patch sewn > on by a local sailmaker would have been a pretty inexpensive option. > Storms sails built in 2014 have to be 100% highly colored – but sails built > before then are grandfathered provided they meet the 50% rule – at least > that is my understanding. > > > > I think the most expensive “safety” requirement – particularly for older > boats is the provision of an emergency steering mechanism. Here is what > Rich Du Moulin a multi-time Bermuda / Vineyard double-hander wrote in an > article in Cruising World and how he met the requirement on Lora Ann an > Express 37 > > > > “ury-rigged rudders made out of onboard junk are a joke. Most racing > crews count on steering with a drogue, but even with practice, the best you > can do is to steady the boat’s motion while waiting for assistance. For > most boats, a broken rudder means abandoning your boat and getting on a > rescue vessel. > > *Lora Ann*’s reverse transom precludes mounting a vertical rudder without > adding a bulky stern frame, so we built a “trunk” between the cockpit floor > and bottom of the hull into which we can slide an emergency rudder that > breaks through a thin plate glued to the bottom. We’ve sailed with this > rudder in 25 knots, and we believe that we could continue racing but not > push the boat hard. Scanmar International <http://selfsteer.com/> offers > a couple of interesting commercial products, the SOS Rudder and the M-Rud, > that are also good alternatives for shorthanded voyagers looking for > redundancy in their emergency-steering options.” > > > > Jonathan > > Indigo 35-III now in Milford for the winter > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of *Joel > Aronson > *Sent:* Monday, November 19, 2012 1:34 PM > *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List ISAF regs > > > > A raft is about 600. Epirb should be less. I'd talk to safety chair before > painting the sail. > > Joel Aronson > > > > > On Nov 19, 2012, at 1:27 PM, David Paine <paineda...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Interesting. I am playing with sailing the Newport-Bermuda 1-2 and I > too am a bit scared off by the entry costs. If I had a storm trisail (I > don't yet), I'd spray paint the top third orange with a can of compatible > (latex) paint. Any idea what the EPIRB/Raft rental costs are? I qualified > last summer by sailing the offfshore single handed 160 in my 1975 C&C 33. > > > David > > On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > The orange was waived down here due to a shortage of orange sailcloth. > You may be correct that only a % had to be orange. The speaker was > not sure. > > Joel Aronson > > > > On Nov 19, 2012, at 12:57 PM, "Hoyt, Mike" <mike.h...@impgroup.com> wrote: > > > I believe those requirements were in place for this year's Newport - > > Bermuda race as well. On the boat we sailed I do not think the entire > > storm jib had to be orange but a good portion of it did - don't remember > > exactly. > > > > Was a very expensive race for our skipper. On top of the other costs it > > required a month's vacation. Had to get the boat from Halifax to > > Newport and then back to Halifax from Bermuda. It was his third > > consecutive NB race and my first ... > > > > Mike > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Joel > > Aronson > > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 1:48 PM > > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > > Subject: Stus-List ISAF regs > > > > Saturday I attended a meeting about the 2014 Annapolis Bermuda race. > > Any delusions I had about sailing my boat were quashed. > > Besides the $900 entrance fee, life raft and epirb rental they now > > require that the storm job and try sail ( which I have and never have > > been used ) be fluorescent orange. An emergency tiller isn't enough. > > You need to be able to rig an emergency rudder too! > > I'll be looking to crew on a boat owned by someone willing to shell > > out for prepping their boat. The race organizers want more entries. > > The safety folks apparently want fewer. > > > > Joel Aronson > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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