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quilombo
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Initially Posted - 05/09/2008 :  17:29:32  Show Profile





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Response Posted - 05/09/2008 :  18:02:05  Show Profile
Hmmm... I think I'm gonna be careful to be nice to this guy!

Seriously, Guglielmo, cool yacht! Different, and cool! (The other guys here can say, "what you would expect a stinkpotter to say..." )

Noticing the release pin for your kick-up rudder, I'm reminded of the a third-party (IDA) rudder available for the C-25... They use what I think is a plastic pin that's designed to sheer off and let the rudder pop up if it hits an object. They also designed a fair amount more vertical overlap of the side plates over the blade for lateral strength... To that end, just in case something happens to your rudder while you're under sail (as has happened to a number of solid rudders), release the jib first so the boat will round up into the wind and stop so you can get the sails down. With your system in that situation, the ride home will be easy.

Fair winds--have a great season with your new bride!

Edit: [url="http://www.idasailor.com/catalog/default.php"]IDA rudder[/url]
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John Russell
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Response Posted - 05/09/2008 :  18:25:51  Show Profile
Congratulations, she looks great!
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quilombo
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Response Posted - 05/10/2008 :  05:30:26  Show Profile
thats a really good idea Dave regarding the pin in the event I hit something, and Murphys law you know how that goes
as far as the overlap goes in the photos I know it dosent look like much, but the rudder is cut on angles and I think and hope that it will be fine,
if it dosent work, I had intentions to buy the one you were mentioning
but I like the idea of the shear off pin
My pin is solid stainless, I dont think it will shear,,lol
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Response Posted - 05/10/2008 :  06:37:08  Show Profile  Visit ddlyle's Homepage
Guglielmo,
thanks for sharing your pics!
I saw the one where you are on top of your pop-top. I never thought about adding my weight to the poptop when it's up. Please be careful, sometimes the pop-top will come down without warning. There has been some discussion here about how to keep the pop-top in the raised position.
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Response Posted - 05/10/2008 :  11:46:33  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by ddlyle</i>
<br />I saw the one where you are on top of your pop-top. I never thought about adding my weight to the poptop when it's up.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Yikes--I hadn't noticed that! I agree--I'm not sure the legs and attachment bolts are engineered for that additional load. Down, it's fine. Also, in case you haven't seen it, most of us here agree we shouldn't sail with the pop-top up--too much weight just waiting to crash down on somebody or something. BTW, Q, do you have the y-shaped sail track hook that holds the pop-top up against the mast?
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quilombo
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Response Posted - 05/10/2008 :  19:31:30  Show Profile
yes I do,, I think it might have been secured when I did that, although it was last year I really dont remembe, to many cocktails,,, that was the day I bought her
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