I owned a 1980 36 for about 7 years. IIRC twice a year I would pump water proof grease into a zerk fitting on the rudder shaft’s bottom support (fiberglass tube) and I would spray lube the other contact surfaces. This lubrication reduced the extra friction and kept the force necessary to steer manageable.
If you commonly experience excessive weather helm some small tweaking of the mast set up, judicious use of the traveler, and keeping the sails trimmed on the flat side may be just enough to make upwind sailing fun again. Martin Calypso 1970 C&C 43 Seattle [cid:D1BF9853-22F7-47FB-86F2-4115CE0BAF2F] From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of wwadjo...@aol.com Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 12:16 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Edson steering issue Bill, Thanks for reply. It is good to hear from another 36 owner. This is my conclusion as well. Sent from my HTC ----- Reply message ----- From: "Bill Connon" <billcon...@navigue.com<mailto:billcon...@navigue.com>> To: <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> Subject: Stus-List Edson steering issue Date: Mon, May 20, 2013 2:50 PM Wwadjourn wrote: > On my 1981 CnC 36 the steering gets "stiff" when boat is heeled and > travelling to the wind. Before launch, there was no play when manually > tugged it to and fro, side to side, front to back. Noticed end of > last season. I have never lubricated in three years I have own boat > The bushing looked good. I haven't crawled into the cave in the back > yet, thought I would throw this out their for ideas. > Wheel doesn't turn as easily as my friends 34 at rest, but not stiff, > and certainly not when underway. > > Thoughts? > Bill Walker > 1981 CnC 36 > Pentwater, Mi. > > Bill, I have a 1978 C&C 36. From the start I noticed the hard steering in heavy air. My first thought was friction in the system so I removed the bushing/pulleys in the steering system and made up new ones with ball bearings. I didn't find much improvement so I made up a temporary for the cockpit floor that allowed me to take the vertical rudder load on a roller bearing rather than on teflon washers.The wheel was still stiff enough that my wife could not steer in 15+ knots while going upwind. My conclusion was that the rudder would have been much better had the shaft been placed a few inches further to the stern. My only solution was to reef and balance the helm. Bill Caprice 1 New Richmond, Qc. _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com<mailto:CnC-List@cnc-list.com>
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