Recent content by KRAllen1

I ordered the bearing after removing the rudder and measuring the gudgeons and how much wear. The stainless bolt showed little wear or air starvation corrosion. The bronze parts also showed less wear than I expected. I am not sure what is meant about 'cone'. I removed the emergency rudder...

I did a pretty major steering breakdown in 2011 in Baltimore before a cruise up to Newfoundland. I just went through the pictures and unfortunately did not have the exact info. I removed the rudder which was an interesting lift due to the reverse shear, the rudder want to swing aft. One of my...

I have sailed Eric 36C #45 since 1996. I repowered the boat with Yanmar 3JH2E and have a 17" 2 bladed flexifold prop. I love the prop esp in Maine with lobster pots and offshore with weed and old fishing line. I think it is RH only because I just picked the prop up with my RH.. I should know...