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John,

Sounds like you have an old-style rudder system, that was jury-rigged when
some part broke.

I recommend converting to the new-style system, which is not too hard to
accomplish and will be much more satisfactory for the life of your Sunfish.

There are instructions and photos about this (a common project for pre-1973
boats) at

best,
Malcolm Dickinson

Malcolm & gang,
Thanks for your input. Take a look if you can and let me know what
you think...

My boat is a '75 model according to the serial number. I have
uploaded photos of the jury-rigged rudder sustem
. You'll notice there is a steel clamp like
the ones used for a auto radiator hose holding the two cast parts
together at the bottom of the coupling next to the wood block. The
wood block was drilled so that it more or less sits against the
transom when the threaded bolt is dropped in from above. This is
surely not the factory set-up. It would not surprise me if this is
not the original set of parts for this boat either, but I'm not sure
what I need to best return it to the proper configuration. I can't
really tell what I need from the rudder diagram in the group files.

I'd rather not spring for an upgraded rudder system for this tired
boat right now but the wood block just isn't right. For the cost of
a couple of upgrade kits, I could replace the boat & trailer with a
similar one. New gelcoat and sails would probably be advised ahead
of the upgrade.

Thanks in advance,
John

--- In sunfish_sailor@..., "Malcolm Dickinson"
<malcolm@a...> wrote:

John,

Sounds like you have an old-style rudder system, that was jury-

rigged when

some part broke.

I recommend converting to the new-style system, which is not too

hard to

accomplish and will be much more satisfactory for the life of your

Sunfish.

There are instructions and photos about this (a common project for

pre-1973

boats) at

best,
Malcolm Dickinson

Sorry, My tiny URL didn't work. Go to
and click
on "John C" to see my photos.

Thanks.

--- In sunfish_sailor@..., "John C" <jkcjohn@h...> wrote:

Malcolm & gang,
Thanks for your input. Take a look if you can and let me know what
you think...

My boat is a '75 model according to the serial number. I have
uploaded photos of the jury-rigged rudder sustem
.

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John,

Verrrrrrry Interesting....

Looks like what you have there is an old style rudder adapted (and I use the
term loosely) to work in the new style gudgeon. This should be a simple fix.

You can look around for a new or used rudder cheek assembly and fit it to
your existing rudder blade. With a little creative modification to the
tiller tangs you'll be on your way.

How much? New cheeks will run you about $55, used $??.00

Try this dealer for new parts:


Check out this link for used parts:


Post a "Parts Wanted" message on this board:





OBTW Your "Tiny URL" works just fine, but Yahoo Groups requires a login to
proceed to the photos.
.... and by the hull number it looks like you have a 1976 model manufactured
in June - probably it was built in June 1975. I don't know what convention
AMF used for the model year change-over. Many boat companies change over in
August so new model production gets cranked up a month or two in advance of
that. Regardless, your boat is in the new rudder era - only it's missing the
new rudder portion.

Oh, great photos too....,

Wayne