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I¡¯m not sure if you could maybe get the broken one OUT while still in the water, maybe; but I don¡¯t see how you could reasonably get a new one in while still in the water. ? In order to install the new one, you need to lift it up from below, of course. ?And since the rudder and shaft is a single integrated unit, you need to drop the bottom of the rudder quite low. ?For example, I had to dig a pit under the boat in order to drop the new rudder into the hole, in order to get the top of the shaft low enough to enter the bottom of the shaft tube. ?It¡¯s a relatively long shaft and the fit in the tube is reasonably close, so there¡¯s not a lot of side-to-side wiggle room; ?it¡¯s a pretty straight shot. ?And the rudder shoe might not allow for that straight shot.
And then there¡¯s the issue of stepping the new rudder on the shoe. ?Even if the shoe could somehow be evaded with sufficient wiggle room to allow you to insert the shaft into the tube, it is NOT the case that you can lift the rudder high enough to pop it up-and-over the shoe. ?So I¡¯m saying the shoe has to come off.
Now, with enough ingenuity, almost anything is possible. ?I¡¯m not saying you couldn¡¯t remove the shoe, drop the old rudder, install the new rudder, and re-install the show, all while in scuba gear. ?I guess you could. ? But what a god-awful pain in the ass it would be! ?My suggestion is, do it on the hard. ?Best of luck¡ªWarren Stein, Hull No. 90, Seanachie
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From: B P <blurise2@...> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, Dec 2, 2022 2:43 pm Subject: [T27Owners] Rudder help? Hello all...
I am not an experienced T27 owner, and have learned quite a bit here, but I have what may be a stupid question...
I have to replace a repaired rudder, the shaft was broken, and hope someone knows if the boot the rudder sits in must be out of the water to access?
In other words, is it possible to replace the rudder with the boat in the water?
Thank you for any info!!!
Blu
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