E23 MKII rudder

[Sven]

Now that we have new bottom paint on La Petite it has become very obvious that the rudder is 3-4" too low. Either that or the water line on the rudder is too low

That brings up two questions:

- It looks like the rudder should be liftable (slide up a couple of feet ?). Does the rudder actually lift up ?

- Is there supposed to be a sleve or something else to keep the rudder up or what else might I be missing to cause it to be too low in the water ? I am almost positive that the rudder hardware has not been moved down on the transom.

Thanks for any E23 wisdom that would help answer these questions.


-Sven

 

[Seth]

One hung LO?

Hi Sven! Curious-what makes you say it is 3-4" too low? Having trouble visualizing this, but if you can explain, maybe I can help...
Good luck!

S

 

[Sven]

Hi Seth,

Hi Sven! Curious-what makes you say it is 3-4" too low? Having trouble visualizing this, but if you can explain, maybe I can help...
Good luck!

S

The blue bottom paint on the rudder is 3-4 inches lower than on the hull waterline. IOW, 3-4 inches of white rudder is under water. You can kind of see in in the picture below.



-Sven