Thanks all for your replies..i guess it will have to wait until spring as I am
426 miles away from boat now.
I have no idea why they ask, but they did. I will try to find out their
thinking and let you know. I assume it o.j.us weight but seems trivial.
I answered "hollow tube" and will correct if I find it is wrong...
Bill Walker
Bill Walker
On Friday, March 1, 2019 Rick Brass via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
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The original rudder stock for my 38 mkll was made from 3” schedule 80 stainless
tube (3 ¼” OD). I know from experience that the 38LF was built with either a
stock made from 3 ¼” OD bar stock, or from 3 ¼” Schedule 80 tube (3 ½” OD
IIRC). My replacement rudder was made using the stock from the 38LF that used
to be called Banana Wind. When he lost his rudder, South Shore made him a new
one, but used the wrong diameter rudder stock and had to supply a second rudder
with the other diameter stock.
So there are C&Cs out there with both solid and tube stocks.
The solid stock rudder has a machined head for mounting the emergency tiller.
On the stock made from tube stock, the machined head is a plug that is welded
to the top of the rudder shaft. Looking for the weld might be an easy way to
tell what material was used.
I guess my basic question for the group would be “Why does PHRF want to know in
the first place?” As far as I can recall, the solid bar stock used in my
replacement rudder was less than 100 pounds, and that was only 40 or 50 pounds
more than the weight of the old hollow tube. Would 50 pounds really make a
noticeable performance difference in a boat weighing 12-14,000 pounds?
Rick Brass
Washington, NC
From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Bruce
Whitmore via CnC-List
Sent: Friday, March 1, 2019 1:26 PM
To: Josh Muckley via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Cc: Bruce Whitmore <bwhitm...@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: Stus-List Rudder Shaft Material
Both of my C&Cs, a 27 MKIII and our current 37/40+ have solid shafts. I would
be shocked if it was not solid.
Bruce Whitmore
(847) 404-5092 (mobile)
bwhitm...@sbcglobal.net
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