I always wonder why these things happen always in a gale… Talking about the Baltic (this time not the boat, but the sea), on a different boat (45 ft steel boat, built like a tank), when we were sailing in the middle of the Gulf of Finland, the cable snapped during a gale (about 35 kt.). We used an emergency tiller, which was set at 90 deg angle (kind of tricky to steer) and was about a foot and a half long. The helmsman would last for about 30 - 45 min. In the meantime, the off-watch people (two of them) hanged heads down in the lazarette and replaced the cable (we had a spare). Suffice to say that they skipped the meal that evening.
Marek From: CnC-List On Behalf Of Andrew Burton via CnC-List Sent: 20 March, 2020 14:01 To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Andrew Burton <a.burton.sai...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Emergency tiller 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<mailto: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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