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• Standby steering
  • A jammed rudder which is hard over is going to be a real problem!
    • Steve, true, however...
  • How about the MoRUD?
  • I've toyed with the idea of making an emergency cassette rudder.
    • Interesting. Sort of what I'm talking about.
      • It's essentially a two part transom hung rudder.
        • OK, I see now. That makes sense. Are you going to do it, Dave?
          • Not in the near future.
  • There's some useless internet preaching.
    • The Pacific Cup (SF-Hawaii) race requires a demonstrated emergency steering scheme...
      • We are currently faced with this dilema
  • I drilled a hole in the top for a rope.
    • That's what I would do too if I planned more offshore sailing.
  • Sailomat extension
    • Thanks for that one, Karl - I've never noticed that on the Stellan's site, before...