Tom, If by victimless support, you mean the vertical piece of 1.5" plywood attached to the rudder tube (and the hull and cockpit floor), it supports the cockpit floor and keeps the now cut rudder tube aligned. It is an essential part of the hull structure at that point.
I used a Sawzall to cut the tube with the rudder post still in place. The tube is so much softer than the shaft, that you can "feel" the shaft as you cut through the tube without doing an damage to the shaft. My shaft had the key way extended down to the location of the cut. Some shafts don't. Gary Kaylarah '90 C&C 37+ East Greenwich, RI, USA ~~~~~~~_/)~~~~~~ On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 11:33 AM, Tom Buscaglia via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Gary > > A few questions... > > Why the beefy victimless support? > > What did you use to cut out the rudder tube? > > thx > > Tom Buscaglia > S/V Alera > 1990 C&C 37+/40 > Vashon WA > P 206.463.9200 > C 305.409.3660 > > > On Jun 7, 2018, at 5:18 AM, cnc-list-requ...@cnc-list.com wrote: > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2018 22:30:29 -0400 > From: Gary Russell <captnga...@gmail.com> > To: "C&C List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Subject: Re: Stus-List ?Re: Below deck auto pilot installation for > C&C 40 (David) > Message-ID: > <cabgkxplegdtqxd2ncybh-b+buf3zey0bzyqsy8gn+p5a77v...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > On Kaylarah (37+) I had to reinforce the rudder assembly and then cut the > rudder tube to insert the Edson Rudder Arm. See here > <https://drive.google.com/open?id=1PxnlMnxH0HueWkyJDLNkBvv_0oWDnxlQ>. It > works extremely well. > > Gary > S/V Kaylarah > '90 C&C 37+ > East Greenwich, RI, USA > > ~~~~~~~_/)~~~~~~ > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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