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I'm looking for some assistance from any of you "technie" types (anyone that can use a tape measure) I had some modifications made to my rudder brackets (the older aluminum type) and I didn' t say anything to the machine shop where they did the owrk - and now it looks to me like the webbing is too close to the bolt/transom (I can't check it myself right now - my boat is in Tampa (where its warm) and I'm in Ontario - (where its d--n cold))

I'm hoping that someone can measure the exact distance from the back transom to the long bolt through the rudder brackets that the brackets actually swivel on - and also the angle between the rudders and the transom when in turned to right and left.

Any help in this matter would be appreciated - thanks

PS - is anyone going to be sailing around the Tampa Bay/Manatee River area between Christmas and New Years - I do believe it behooves us to go down at that time and check on our boat in storage down there! and of course will have to do some sailing while there.

Well, since mine is an '02 with the stainless hardware I cannot verify the validity of your setup measurements!

I pegged the center of the pivot bolt at 1" exactly! This from the vertical plane of the transom nearest the bracket, with the wheel and rudders centered.

By the way, the webbing you refer to are in fact 'gussets' in mechanical engineering terms, your machinist will understand that term better anyhow!

I used my brand new expensive precision angle finder and used just the Port rudder, as the Starboard rudder is impeded by the ballast valve assembly. What I got was, with the trailing edge of the rudder deflected full left it was 54 degrees. With the trailing edge deflected full right it read 63 degrees. In case you did not know, our transoms are not flush (straight) at the top, (horizontal plane) so I used the plane that the engine mounts are, which is a foot or so of an area which is in fact flush.
Hope that makes sense?

I hope this helps, but I guess someone can check their aluminum rudder brackets and verify my measurements....good luck!

Ken,

If you still need those measurements, I can check them out on my '96 tonight.