Warren Holybee
Active Member
A couple pictures of my steering cable repair. A cable broke about 500 miles from St. Thomas. I made a temporary repair while offshore with a piece of dyneema, and after arriving and inspecting it, decided that dyneema is probably a better material to use anyway. So, I bought some more here, along with a couple thimbles, and made it permanent. I expect it to last as long or longer than the wire, and is cheap and easy to replace, even during a passage, as I found out. The cable had a lot of miles on it, but was inspected and had no signs of wear or meathooks or anything. It was new in 2017.
The previous modification with the bearing sleeves is working very well. I expect them to last forever.
The big dissapointment was the emergency rudder from scanmar proved nearly useless. In 15kts on SF bay and flat water it was sufficient. With a swell it did nothing, but I was mostly able to control the boat with sails alone.
The previous modification with the bearing sleeves is working very well. I expect them to last forever.
The big dissapointment was the emergency rudder from scanmar proved nearly useless. In 15kts on SF bay and flat water it was sufficient. With a swell it did nothing, but I was mostly able to control the boat with sails alone.