Casting off

We are doing it!!! Ahhh cruising!

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20 February 2015 | Pipe Creek
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16 February 2015 | Stanial Cay
16 February 2015 | Stanial Cay Yatch Club
15 February 2015 | Big Major, Bahamas
12 February 2015 | Great Guana Cay

Rudder out

01 June 2014 | Penetang
Ian clear 22C
So a small simple project, you bet!!!!! Not,

To get the rudder off one needs to take the prop off. Easy...unscrew the 2 bolts and??? You guessed it....it did not come off! In fact the puller i owned was too short to grab it. So off to the store for something that would fit. The knowledgeable person at the counter said we could not take the puller out of the container to measure for sure...So i asked if this does not fit when i get to my boat can i bring it back and get my money back...Answer ,Yes, so i asked to measure at the store so as not to waist another trip back and forth...Ummm policy no!....

Okie dokie! So As luck finally fell in my favour...it fit.....Just...and with just a little hammer help ....So I cranked on the pressure, used the impact power tool to crank more power....and.....Yep! it did not move???? Ok one little tap on the front of the prop....Zap...the prop disappeared in a flash...and flew to a bad landing on the ground.... More to follow on Monday when i bring it in to a prop show for a check up....

So the next step is to remove the shaft as it is too long to just drop the rudder down as described by other owners...

My very good friend Bill showed up to be a second set of eyes....as by this time I have reached full frustration.....

Ok.. I missed one bolt and on the drive couple...and voila the shaft separated from the transmission... and he suggested to remove the flex coupler to gain the needed 3 inch clearance...and voila...the rudder drops off...and i did not have to remove the whole shaft......Excellent!!!!!

Now to get it repaired, and the prop too......

The saga continues......
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Vessel Name: Windreaper and Lost Puppy
Vessel Make/Model: Northstar 22, Kelly Peterson 44
Hailing Port: Midland
Crew: Ian and Jennifer
About: Jobs, officially gone, we moved Lost Puppy to Florida, our life begins again!!!! We have made so many friends in our boating experience so far and hope to enjoy more in the future, we are looking forward to letting go the dock lines and find what adventure awaits, somewhere! out there.....
Extra: So now we are in the Bahamas!!!

s/v Windreaper & Lost Puppy

Who: Ian and Jennifer
Port: Midland