Sailing to Halifax from Bermuda one April on a C&C designed Baltic 51 when the steering cable snapped in the middle of the second of the three gales we encountered. Steered with the very short emergency tiller the rest of the way. We hooked lines to either side and led them to winches. We got pretty good at steering with it, though it did make for long watches. Andy Masquerade
Andrew Burton 26 Beacon Hill Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ https://burtonsailing.com/ phone +401 965 5260 On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 1:53 PM Doug Mountjoy via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I was sailing to Hawaii on a 1973 Ericsson 35. We snapped a rudder cable > twice in 24 hours, and had to use the e-tiller. Worked great, except for > the compass being mounted behind the rudder post. On that boat the binnacle > is mounted behind the rudder post. > When the first cable snapped, on my watch, we tried sailing to the chart > plotter. Too much lag to keep a course, and no reference points to keep an > eye on. We hoove to, replaced 1 cable. I asked the capt if the other cable > was ok. He said yes. Next morning on his watch that cable broke. This time > in 16 ft seas, as to the 4 ft before. > Thank God he had plenty of spare cable on board. > > > > Doug Mountjoy > sv Rebecca Leah > C&C Landfall 39 > Port Orchard yacht club > _______________________________________________ > > 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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