I'm entering the final stages to painting the stern area and I've taken the opportunity to take some photos through the opening made to accommodate part of the steering system.
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| Rudder at full left for port turn |
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| Rudder at full right |
The first two photos show the steering at maximum port (arms extended) and starboard (arms contracted). The upper extendable arm connects the rudder post arm to the steering pedestal arm. The lower arm is part of the Autopilot linear drive. Note the blocks that I mounted to prevent over extension when steering hard to port. (There is a similar block for hard to starboard.)
There is a photo showing the fitting for emergency steering at the top of the rudder post.
There are two photos that I took by inserting the camera into the opening (so forgive the angles). One shows the top of the muffler and the other shows the pedestal steering arm connected to the autopilot linear drive. You can see two of the 230 A/H gel batteries that are part of the set of 4 that comprise the House bank.
Below those two gel batteries are to large "maintenance free" batteries that comprise the Starter bank. These batteries were in the boat when I purchased it and are still working fine. Originally only one was dedicated to the Starter bank but during the major electrical upgrade in New Zealand it was decided to dedicate both of them to the Starter bank, representing overkill that could be useful.
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| Emergency Steering |
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| Looking Forward |
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| Looking Forward |
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| Second Cockpit Whale Gusher Pump |
Finally there is a photograph of the second Whale Gusher pump that I took while on my back at the end of the starboard quarter berth.
1 comment:
Sure looks like complicated ... never ending work, Lone Sailor!
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