Brigid-Mary Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Unfortunatly, we have had to lift the old girl out again as we were aware of a vibration proplem. During the Whit bank holiday we had a very close call at the top end of Breydon, during the high winds over the holiday. The rudder rotated further than it should have, locking the steering and stopping the engine. When we went down to the Orwell a couple of weeks ago,we noticed that we had lost some speed and the fuel consumption had increased considerably, also there was quite a vibration when going astern. It was difficult to manouver too. So guessing there was a bit of a ding in the propeller, we hoisted her out, this is what we found There are bits missing from the other 2 blades as well. we should be back in again with any luck by the middle of next week with a nice shiney repaired prop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antares_9 Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Bloody hell Paul, that needs a bit of a trim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel falcon Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pks1702 Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Wow Paul that is some ding You have my sympathy but you know what they say about East Coast boating and going aground....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodall_m1 Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 The rudder rotated further than it should have, locking the steering and stopping the engine. There are bits missing from the other 2 blades as well. Did you actually manage to get the rudder to turn too far and hence into the prop? What ever it hit it must of been quite a wallop to chew the prop up like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigid-Mary Posted July 22, 2010 Author Share Posted July 22, 2010 The tiller arm attached to the rudder stock slipped around the stock whilst we were going astern. The resultant pressure of the water acting on the hardover rudder made it rotate even more and forced the rudder blade onto the prop. That was the result!! Stopped the engine dead, no manouverability whatever in a narrow channel wind gusting 8-9 and foul tide.We were very lucky not to have suffered more damage. I just chucked the anchor over the side and that gave us time to sort things out. Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pks1702 Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 I just chucked the anchor over the side and that gave us time to sort things out. At least you had a hand brake to do this with. My apologies clearly it was the rudder stock not contact with the bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodall_m1 Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 The tiller arm attached to the rudder stock slipped around the stock whilst we were going astern. The resultant pressure of the water acting on the hardover rudder made it rotate even more and forced the rudder blade onto the prop. That was the result!! Stopped the engine dead, no manouverability whatever in a narrow channel wind gusting 8-9 and foul tide.We were very lucky not to have suffered more damage. I just chucked the anchor over the side and that gave us time to sort things out. Paul OUCH. How bad was the damage to the rudder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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