Thank you John. With respect to clearance, I believe you are correct. My last install had the tiller just impacting the rod. I would like to move rudder head stock higher. Just want to double check my boundaries with other boats and have a piece of mind that I am in the ball park. TJ de Lacy M17 #333 ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Schinnerer via montgomery_boats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> To: "montgomery boats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Cc: "John Schinnerer" <john@eco-living.net> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2023 9:48:59 PM Subject: M_Boats: Re: M17 Rudder dimensions I can measure mine later this week, next time I go sail...not sure when, maybe Thursday or Friday. But someone else may get to it sooner. Mine is not actually "original" in that my M17, #38 from 1974, came with a two-pintle counterbalanced rudder, not the later sliding three-gudgeon rudder. However I have retrofitted a three-gudgeon sliding rudder, so I can use either (pending repositioning the pintles on the two-pintle rudder to match the top and bottom two of the three gudgeons). As long as the tiller clears the transom with a bit to spare, functionally should be fine. Height doesn't have to exactly match some particular other boat, does it? cheers, John On 7/31/23 20:03, tdelacy@wavecable.com wrote:
Hi I am looking for the height of the rudder head stock above the rear transom.
If anyone has a M17 with original rudder set up, I sincerely appreciate if you could provide what I am calling "Dimension A" on my attached sketch.
Backstory: The rudder had a bit of rot which I chased out with thickened epoxy, epoxy primered and marine top side painted. I failed to accurately record the location of the pintle type rudder fixtures. Upon reassembly, I had a few binding issues. I have removed and disassembled the rudder and am working through the binding issues.
If anyone has a sketch of a completed rudder assembly with dimensions I would love a copy.
Thank you,
TJ de Lacy M17 hull 333
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