Recent content by Brad Graves

rudder problem It is a tiller, no quadrant and the rudder post was up three inches when the accident happened..it is normally to allow for the tiller assembly....I knocked it down even with the plate trying to free the whole rudder and post.....underneath, it is sticking down two inches or more...

rudder stuck What is the "emergency post"..........

Rudder stuck boat is still in water, there is not a quadrant on my 78 E-27.........there are no horizontal anything that would inhibit the removal.......but the deck plate will not budge.....previous owners have said that they had them R and post drop out once the tiller was removed........

1978 with tiller and Yanmar My tube must be bent up past the bushing.....that is the only answer....I have done some outrageous stunts trying to get this thing to slide out.....I used the weight of the boat to try to pull it out...a steel cable attached to the bottom of a piling that the boat...

I cannot get my rudder to fall out no matter what I do....the cockpit plate will not come off and the rudder will not drop.....there is no quadrant or fastener that I am missing is there? does the tube running from the hull to the underside of the cockpit attach to the tiller plate??

I am unable to free my rudder after a sand bar collision that pushed the rudder up to starboard...it slid down about two inches when the tiller was removed but will not drop free. I have exhausted many efforts at wedging but still no luck. Anyone?

My rudder was bent up while tow-boat ripped off cleats and the boat swung aft as it moved. Is there anything between the rudder and hull that I need to loosen or remove to drop the rudder? It is a 1978 sloop.