The only Hole in the rudder shaft housing I can think of is the grease fitting that in the forward left quadrant close to the bottom, which, if you were standing in the cockpit looking forward, would be about 10:00 . I have no idea why they put a fitting that needed to be attended to in a place where only a snake could reach it. I have never squeezed any grease onto the shaft because I can’t see what I am doing and I don’t want a leak either. I would guess they drilled a hole in the fiberglass and tapped it, or just screwed the grease fitting in sans threads, don’t know.
But, I wouldn’t mess with it while it was in the water. I measured my shaft diameter at that ‘bearing’ point, and it was polished and only a half a thousandth shy and still snug, so, I figured good enough. Bill Coleman C&C 39 animated_favicon1 From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of James DeFelice Sent: December-21-13 14:53 To: C and C List Subject: Stus-List C&C 39 rudder port problem I am new to the mailing list and I am not sure of all the protocalls. I have a '71 C&C 39 (Windquest) and the rudder port is leaking and there is a bit of play where the rudder post enters the hull. Are there drawings available of the rudder port? Has anyone had one apart. The boat is unique among '39s in that it has a partial skeg and high aspect ratio rudder rather than the typical shark fin. Any help would be much appreciated. Jim
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