Mine does the same thing. You should find that the pull is proportional to the engine rpm and boat speed. To test, you can accelerate to hull speed under engine power and then quickly throttle down to idle and shift to neutral. The pull should go away.
Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Mon, Sep 16, 2019, 11:21 AM Dan via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hi all, > So I recently rebuilt my rudder and re-installed it on Breakaweigh. > We took the boat out yesterday and I noticed when under diesel power that > the wheel is lightly tugging to the port side. I'm not entirely sure if it > did that before or if this is a new tugging. If I were to completely let go > of the wheel the boat would automatically start a broad turn to port just > like your car is supposed to always veer to one side to get you off the > road (so I've heard) > > My question is - is this due to the movement/rotation of water from the > prop at 2000 rpm moving water accross the rudder (is this a typical > rudder/prop thing?) OR do I need to adjust the tension in my rudder cables, > OR is my rudder very slightly miss-shapen causing a minor lift" to one side? > > When I re-attached the rudder I referenced photos I took of my rudder > cables where they are attached to the quadrant before hand so I could > closely match the threading on each side so that the tensions would be the > same as before. (theoretically) > > Thanks everyone, > > Dan > Breakaweigh > C&C44 > Halifax, NS > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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