John Owens of JOwoodworks can make a rudder per Jerry's specs. :: Dave Scobie On Jan 22, 2016 9:59 AM, "Thomas Buzzi" <thomaspbuzzi@gmail.com> wrote:
John, I told Jazzy how to rig his slide up rudder since I had one on my first Monty 17 back in '83. He has the slightly newer model of rudder which is not balanced at all. Maybe Jerry can put you onto a source of his mahogany rudders. Any of them can be made into a lifting rudder with a set of gudgeons what will fit on the rudder since the first set of the two sets necessary is already on the transom. I never sailed with the lifting rudder partially up but unless you are racing all out I doubt the slight loss of lateral resistance by raising the 10 inch wide rudder a few inches would be noticeable. Then too with the rudder a few inches above normal sailing setup might interfere with other elements of the rig. Tom B < https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaig...
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On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 2:29 AM, John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> wrote:
Thanks Tom, This sounds totally doable as DIY. Someone just posted about how the up-down line works also.
Would be great if someone has pictures of one of the original sliding-rod rudders though, for details.
Also, since I have the early balanced rudder...I'd need a non-balanced blade to do this with. Same tiller should be fine, I assume?
If anyone here has all or part of a slide-up for sale, including just the blade, let me know.
I really like the design because a kick-up rudder becomes a lousy rudder helm-wise when kicked up even a little - out of balance, if one needs to still sail with it partly up. But the slider would seem to be way better with that - less effective the more it comes up, but at least still more in balance.
cheers, John S.
On 01/21/2016 07:39 AM, Thomas Buzzi wrote:
As concerns your rudder, you already have gudgeons on your transom, look for after market gudgeons that will mount on a rudder. Or have them fabricated. Websites like Discount Steel or Metals Depot have stainless steel rod for sale by the foot. Or you might have a local dealer. It would be a simple matter of installing gudgeons both places and buying three feet of ss rod to use as the pin. I had a "beaching rudder" on my first Monty built in 74 and it was a very handy rig. Add the kickup feature and you will have the best of all worlds. Tom B
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