T&T: emergency steering

[Albin43SDtr]

"Lo All,

I would probably just pull the pin on the rudder arm and secure the 
cylinder out of the way if the boat didn't have a by-pass valve. I 
always have 1/8" nylon lashing line available for such purposes. If 
the boat had a by-pass valve I would probably have it secured.

If one has to go to the emergency tiller, something is seriously 
wrong with the normal steering system and there probably is precious 
little time to trouble shoot the system before something sinister 
happens. I believe it is best to get the entire system out of the 
way, i.e. disconnect the ram from the rudder arm, connect the 
emergency tiller and regain control. For example, the ram cylinder 
could be scouring and hard to move, or the ram shaft bent and 
binding, or the rudder arm/shaft pin sheared/missing. Who knows?

>Bac> I have a capilano hydraulic steering system.......Somehow I 
>have to disconnect the ram.
>Bac> had a thought, could I just open the bleed screws in the 
>manifold,  would that
>Bac> take the pressure off the ram?

JMVHO, YMMV.


Take care and be safe.

Wayne
M/V Celestial
Albin43 Sundeck