Hi All,
We were out sailing a couple of weeks ago in quite heavy weather (gusting 37knots). Yesterday we went out again in very light air - just ghosting along. Now when the boat rolls or pitches with the waves, we can hear a faint clunk at the behind the pedestal right where the emergency tiller plate is in the cockpit floor. You can feel it when you put your foot on the plate. It is not heavy but it is noticable. I'm wondering if steering in heavy weather on a beam reach & being slightly overpowered could have loosened something down there. I was wondering about the grease fittings at top & bottom of the rudder post - could I have squished all the grease out allowing more play, or could we be talking shims here? Perhaps it is something else altogether. Has anyone experienced this? The boat is new to us so we are just figuring things out.
Many thanks for the replies.
Steve Gabbott
E35/3 Silent Dancer
Vancouver, BC
We were out sailing a couple of weeks ago in quite heavy weather (gusting 37knots). Yesterday we went out again in very light air - just ghosting along. Now when the boat rolls or pitches with the waves, we can hear a faint clunk at the behind the pedestal right where the emergency tiller plate is in the cockpit floor. You can feel it when you put your foot on the plate. It is not heavy but it is noticable. I'm wondering if steering in heavy weather on a beam reach & being slightly overpowered could have loosened something down there. I was wondering about the grease fittings at top & bottom of the rudder post - could I have squished all the grease out allowing more play, or could we be talking shims here? Perhaps it is something else altogether. Has anyone experienced this? The boat is new to us so we are just figuring things out.
Many thanks for the replies.
Steve Gabbott
E35/3 Silent Dancer
Vancouver, BC