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yep, now I know why they call them crab crushers
In Response To: In all seriousness, IMHO, if you're going to 
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() Our Mason just rolls over all that stuff. When we cruised the Catalina 38 we carried a Monitor M Rud. I would think after having the rudder fall of twice they might have considered purchasing one.
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- Unbelievable!!! My buddy, who was sailing around the Atlantic was just rescued by an oil tanker, mid Atlantic
- They have had more than their share of bad luck.
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- That's not bad luck
- What do you bet it was a fin keel spade rudder. How many
- I haven't heard of one "falling" off that often...
- In all seriousness, IMHO, if you're going to
- yep, now I know why they call them crab crushers
- Yessir, I believe your right...
- In all seriousness, IMHO, if you're going to
- They're like an old rusty door hinge. A few screws can fall out, the pin can break, it still swings.
- Neither do skeg hung rudders.
- I haven't heard of one "falling" off that often...
- Geez, kinda like ten kids. You gotta figure out what's causing it.
- The CS' rudder (like the Valiant 40's) is a modified skeg rudder.
- Has the rescue video been posted on YouTube yet...?
- They have had more than their share of bad luck.
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