Water coming up the rudder up/down lines.

[matthewmirow1]

Hello all,very new to this. Just going to throw that out there.

The issue is while underpower with a 9.9hp fourstroke anything more then in gear I will get a water fall stream coming up my rudder stick and out the holes the lines used to pull up and down the rudder. My only guess is the rudder isn’t allowing for full extension. Which then allows the water to travel up the post. Has anyone had this issue? Granted the water just runs out the back but it’s kinda annoying.

[brigadoon]

Mathew,
I don’t know what model boat you have , I have a c26. I haven’t ever had that issue running the same engine you have. Are you overloaded in the stern or perhaps taking on water in the stern ? The rudder not being fully down would open the tube to water intrusion. Hope you find the issue, l’ve never heard this mentioned before.
Rick,SV Brigadoon

[petergalvin]

Same issue for me; water streams up the rudder lines pipe, at hull speed. I cut a 3inch piece off of a swim noodle, and vertically trimmed it so that it can be squished enough to easily be jammed down the rudder lines pipe to stop the water coming up and spilling out the top into the cockpit.

I find that when I pull on the line to put the rudder down, not sure why, but suspect that rudder is not straight down, but points a little bit forward (which causes the rudder to violently turn 90 degrees to port or starboard at faster speeds, i.e. above 3 or 4 knots. The solution, I found was to pull the rudder all the way vertical, and then pull the rudder to hang back or aft a little bit. This way the rudder will always want to center itself, if you let go of the tiller. Of course if the rudder is trailing aft too much, it becomes super hard to turn the tiller.
Peter, SV, Chrysler 22 Sandpiper, “The Rose”