Today it happened, 1st slab reef & 1/2 of 130 jib with wind gusting 35+ and 8 guest out for a Nicaragua sail.
The steering got very hard to turn and head up into wind and then after about an hour a BIG thump.... thinking the cable had a warp, it was now back to good steering. One more hour and coming into the harbor it all let go and NO steering! NOTHING so I guess the cable failed.
A fisherman was going by and I got a tow to bouy and let everyone off (me too). I will go out on Monday and take a look.
Any ideas before I try and fix? Has this happened to anyone else?
Thanks for any help,
Ralph
"No Bad Days"
The steering got very hard to turn and head up into wind and then after about an hour a BIG thump.... thinking the cable had a warp, it was now back to good steering. One more hour and coming into the harbor it all let go and NO steering! NOTHING so I guess the cable failed.
A fisherman was going by and I got a tow to bouy and let everyone off (me too). I will go out on Monday and take a look.
Any ideas before I try and fix? Has this happened to anyone else?
Thanks for any help,
Ralph
"No Bad Days"