Thanks, Tod this helps. So basically you drilled through the gudgeon and placed a block in between? What did you use to hold the block? Maria ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'For and about Montgomery Sailboats'" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 6:33 PM Subject: RE: M_Boats: M17 Rudders
> Maria, > > Here is a picture showing the block. It would have been better if I had > drilled the holes in the gudgeon slightly more aft (closer to the mahogany) > than I did (I probably could have avoided the chafe that this picture > illustrates). I had left the rudder mounted for a week or two, not raised > completely and the line chafed on the transom gudgeon. I replaced the line > and am careful not to leave the rudder in a position not quite fully raised > and haven't had any more chafing since. > > www.bright.net/~htmills/BuscaRudderChafe.jpg > > Tod > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
