[Sentoa] Rudder Bolts

[Seasalt007 at aol.com]

Anthony,
 
About a month ago my diver said that the rudder was loose. He  said that on 
top of the rudder there was a two piece horizontal ring that held  the rudder 
up under the boat and the bolts were gone so the rudder was  flopping around 
under there. That made sense because that last time I had the  boat out it 
seemed harder than normal to steer. 
 
Anyway we scrounged up some bolts and filled the holes in case I had to  move 
it before I could call the factory and find out what size the  original bolts 
were. The call to NT was useless. One guy remembered that there  was a ring 
with bolts and another guy said that there was no ring. The guy that  said that 
there was a ring couldn't tell me what size bolts to buy because the  records 
for my boat were not to be found. He guessed 1/2 x 1 3/4.  The  other guy 
said to haul the boat if I wanted to know what was under it. But since  I have 
not had good luck with him before I ignored his flippant  suggestion.
 
I didn't need a haul out so I went to the hardware store and bought a whole  
bunch of different size bolts in anticipation of the diver's return today for  
his monthly visit. The factory's guess didn't work but the back up bolts,  
washers, and nuts did (3/8 x 1 /34).  So I am no longer rudderless.
 
Ron Carter
Sedona 42-19
Punta Gorda, FL
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 9/25/2008 4:55:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
ajpenn42 at gmail.com writes:

 
Ron
 
This post is new (forgive the pun) - what was the problem?
 
Anthony Thorne
CARMEN
NT42-37
Avalon, Santa Catalina


On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 1:45 PM, <_Seasalt007 at aol.com_ 
(mailto:Seasalt007 at aol.com) > wrote:


For those of you with a similar vintage tug...
 
The rudder bolt saga is solved. The diver came today and put in three  3/8 x 
1 3/4 bolts in the two piece ring that sits on the top of my rudder.  1/2 inch 
bolts were too fat.
 
Ron Carter
Sedona 42-19
Punta Gorda, FL



 
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