Decided to repower Exploits with 2 new truck batteries. With 950 cca they should provide loads of power to fire up the iron jib. Truck batteries are also a heck of lot cheaper than any battery that has "marine" in it's name.
Fiona and the Final Chapter
2 years ago
I really enjoy reading about "Exploits".
ReplyDeleteWe bought hull #73 last fall. It has been out of the water for 6 years, and has a very tight rudder post. Actually almost unmovable. Lubrication and motion has no effect. We've decided to drop it, but have had no luck due to whatever corrosion has occurred.
Do you have any experience with this?
Are there simply bushings top and bottom?
Thanks for any insight.
Yours Grant Gambell
Camden, Maine
wgrantg@localnet.com
We dropped the rudder out of Exploits this past summer. There weren't any bushings. I wonder if someone tried to shim the rudder. Can't see how you'd get corrosion.
DeleteLike your post very much!
ReplyDeleteI recently purchased a 1970 Redwing and we are enjoying her very much.
I notice my tiller is quite heavy/hard to maneuver in high winds >15 Knots. Any experience with this?
Is it normal?
Should I change to a longer tiller perhaps?
Thank you
Andres
Vancouver BC.
Sounds like weather helm to me.
Delete