Recent content by Brian

Figured it out! Finally, after doing everything I could think of and sailing anyway and occasionally encountering the problem, I think I solved it. Having pulled the compass for the fourth time to inspect everything, I noticed a groove in the wheel shaft. Turns out the linkage for the...

So far no good... Thanks all for the replies. I have since located a rusted shut zerk above the cockpit sole and replaced it. I gave it some grease. I also lubed the wheel workings under there. I pulled off the compass and inspected the brake that locks the helm. All looked fine and absolutely...

While I'm underway in my E29 it feels like my rudder is sticky. At the dock it feels free and easy but after a particularly big run in front of a twenty knot blow and accompanying seas all of the sudden it feels like something is wrong. Everything looks fine at the top of the rudder post where...