Hi Rob,
I had a similar problem years ago.
Unfortunately (for you), I can only offer that the best way to get it
working well is to drop the rudder. I did mine while hauled and the
shaft log need sanding with fine grit. Since I wasn't blocked high
enough I needed to dig an 8-12" hole to enable extraction. If I am to
do it again, I will go to the haulout under emergency tiller, with
the quandrant removed and drop it while in the slings.
Cheers, Russ
Sweet 35 mk-1 (forty years old in 2012)
Vancouver Island, east side
At 08:58 PM 20/12/2012, you wrote:
The rudder on my new (to me) '88 30MKII is very hard to turn. It's
not the steering, I have removed the cables and the wheel turns
freely. I'm pretty confident it's the rudder binding.
When shopping, I had a deposit on another 30 MKII and it had the
same problem. The yard fixed it but never elaborated on exactly
what it was. I do know that it did not involve removing the rudder
and that the broker eluded to the fact that something at the top of
the shaft was cleaned and greased. I did inspect the boat again and
they did fix it.
I did try greasing it via the zirk fitting but that did not seem to
help. It does not appear that the post is bent.
I'm hoping someone else will have had this problem in the past and
can give me some guidance before I start taking things apart. I'm
really hoping not to have to remove the rudder.
Thanks
Rob Gallagher
'88 C&C 30 MKII
Hanuman
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