Hey all,
We fairly recently got re-splashed after some work in spring. Yesterday while visiting the boat, while turning the wheel, there was noticeable "clunking" and some resistance on the wheel as the rudder passed through the centerline. Looking below at where the cables from the pedestal wrap around the rudder post, there appears to be some wobble, and there is the sound of some chafing I assume where the top edge of the rudder passes across the fin above at the centerline of the transom.
This is concerning to me, but I'm not sure what the problem or cause could be. We certainly haven't had any collisions/groundings to have caused any misalignment (if that's what's going on). Could the yard have bumped the rudder against something while on the lift or up on jacks, etc.? We have a weekender planned in a couple of weeks and I wouldn't want to put us in a bad position. Curious if others have had or seen a similar issue.
Thanks-
We fairly recently got re-splashed after some work in spring. Yesterday while visiting the boat, while turning the wheel, there was noticeable "clunking" and some resistance on the wheel as the rudder passed through the centerline. Looking below at where the cables from the pedestal wrap around the rudder post, there appears to be some wobble, and there is the sound of some chafing I assume where the top edge of the rudder passes across the fin above at the centerline of the transom.
This is concerning to me, but I'm not sure what the problem or cause could be. We certainly haven't had any collisions/groundings to have caused any misalignment (if that's what's going on). Could the yard have bumped the rudder against something while on the lift or up on jacks, etc.? We have a weekender planned in a couple of weeks and I wouldn't want to put us in a bad position. Curious if others have had or seen a similar issue.
Thanks-