Every hollow shaft I've seen appears as a pipe. Being that you can look down the end of it. If the ends are capped with welded covers then the welds are evident. It's also pretty common to have some type of bolt or rod extend through the shaft for a number of different purposes. If you can remove that bolt then it would be pretty easy to tell. If you have a typical Edson quadrant then it is probably keyed to the shaft. It would be unusual to me to see a key on a hollow tube. I have a high degree of confidence that based on the size of your boat and the design of my own C&C that your shaft is solid SS.
I'm sure we can come up with some inquiries a d criteria for official shaft inspectors... Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Fri, Mar 1, 2019, 12:58 PM WILLIAM WALKER via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Lake Michigan PHRF is asking whether my rudder shaft is solid stainless or > hollow stainless. Any one know with sufficient confidence? > 1981 C & C 36 > Bill Walker > > Bill Walker > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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