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Re: Rudder Mount
By:Brian
Date: 7/9/1998, 10:07 am
In Response To: Re: Rudder Mount (Guy Wright)

Toggle bolts? Did you go through the deck and bolt on that way? NPENNEY offered some ideas that I have already explored. I just expect better hardware from the mfr of the rudder and CLC. I know that Feathercraft supplies cable thimbles and a secure attachment system for the pedals because my friend and I just installed it on his Necky. So why should the CLC Feathercraft rudder come without the hardware?

The price of $179 is not the issue. It is the poor quality of the hardware and sloppy connections for a boat that I built. I would not build it sloppy so why should I accept poor or lazy hardware for the installation? That is what the $179 was for. To get something that is right without spending hours searching for the tiny part to make it right. I would rather be paddling and finish the boat. After carefully building the boat I really don't like making do on the rudder mount. The boat is not thrown together so why should the rudder? I think car parts stores sell the part and do not send you searching through specialty stores . Brian

> I had the same thoughts when I purchased my rudder "kit"
> from CLC.

> I found that ACE Hardware sold swagging clamps for the cable
> and it came with inserts for the ends of the plastic cable case to
> eliminate wear.

> For the rudder block, I did not epoxy. I used toggle bolts. Not
> the greatest set up, but so what if I need to replace the bolts every
> couple of years?

>

Messages In This Thread

Rudder Mount
Brian -- 7/9/1998, 1:09 am
Re: Rudder Dissatisfaction.
Mark Kanzler -- 7/14/1998, 10:52 am
Re: Rudder Dissatisfaction.
Ross Leidy -- 7/15/1998, 12:06 am
Re: Rudder Kits
Mark Kanzler -- 7/15/1998, 12:38 am
Boat appeal
Ross Leidy -- 7/14/1998, 5:39 pm
Re: Boat appeal
Mark Kanzler -- 7/14/1998, 7:06 pm
Re: Boat appeal
Ross Leidy -- 7/15/1998, 8:33 am
Re: Boat schedule
Mark Kanzler -- 7/16/1998, 12:35 am
Re: Rudder Mount
Arthur D. -- 7/13/1998, 10:04 pm
Re: Rudder Mount
Brian -- 7/14/1998, 9:57 am
Re: Rudder Cable Ends
Mark Kanzler -- 7/10/1998, 11:02 am
Re: Rudder Cable Ends
Brian -- 7/10/1998, 10:46 pm
Re: Rudder Mount
Dave Wirth -- 7/9/1998, 10:56 am
Re: Rudder Mount
Guy Wright -- 7/10/1998, 12:57 am
Re: Rudder Mount
Brian -- 7/9/1998, 9:11 pm
Re: Rudder Mount
Guy Wright -- 7/10/1998, 8:28 am
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NPenney -- 7/10/1998, 10:50 am
Re: crooked chessies
Mark Bodnar -- 7/11/1998, 8:37 pm
Re: crooked chessies
David Walker -- 7/10/1998, 5:14 pm
Re: Crooked stitch and glue kayaks
Mark Kanzler -- 7/10/1998, 6:44 pm
Re: Crooked stitch and glue kayaks
Paul Jacobson -- 7/11/1998, 8:44 pm
Re: A "You Don't Have To Be An Expert" Book
Mark Kanzler -- 7/12/1998, 9:33 am
Re: Crooked stitch and glue kayaks
Jim Dennis -- 7/11/1998, 5:55 pm
Re: crooked chessies
Guy Wright -- 7/10/1998, 1:51 pm
Re: Rudder Mount
Andy Gere -- 7/10/1998, 12:43 pm
Re: Rudder Mount
Jerry Weinraub -- 7/12/1998, 6:12 pm
Re: Rudder Mount
Guy Wright -- 7/9/1998, 9:25 am
Re: Rudder Mount
Brian -- 7/9/1998, 10:07 am
Re: Rudder Mount
Guy Wright -- 7/9/1998, 10:24 am
Re: Rudder Mount
NPenney -- 7/9/1998, 8:02 am