Here are a few more. The rudder shoe repair and the new rudder as well as the hull work are shown. Bottom is being fared and painted this week. I'll take pictures of the launch.
Here are a few more. The rudder shoe repair and the new rudder as well as the hull work are shown. Bottom is being fared and painted this week. I'll take pictures of the launch.
The propeller aperture looks a bit taller than mine.. I'm curious, what size prop is A-1 using?
Also, what are the 3 through-hulls? One is obviously the exhaust...
Mike
Totoro (Sea Sprite 23 #626)
I asked John about the prop size this morning. He said he would measure it but doesn't remember its size off-hand. He replaced it with a larger prop because of the engine replacement and made the prop aperture larger when he built the new rudder.
The thru-hulls are for exhaust and for bilge pumps. The larger is attached to a Whale Gusher pump operated from the cockpit. The small nipple John said he "left in" to be attached to an electric bilge pump. I assume that it was there to serve that punction in the original design.
Are the limit stops he built for the tiller required to prevent interference between enlarged prop and the rudder?
I think that is likely. I will ask him next time I see him. I'll get the prop info then as well.
Kestrel Launch
On the topic of the propeller/aperture/and rudder-stops, all guesses were right on. The prop is larger because the engine (a Yanmar 12 hp) turns a lot slower than the original engine. The larger aperture was obviously necessary to accomodate that, and the rudder stops were necessary as well.
Tomorrow, Friday September 7, Kestrel is to be launched. The bottom is painted and the interior re-varnished, and she is due to be splashed in the afternoon. I'm going down to take pictures and will post them.
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