Rudder

[klos69]

Looking for a rudder for a 72 Century Coronado

 

[Jimway]

Kool boats, well built, one of 'the' ski boats of the day, Crusader Marine power I'm guessing, skiing in the shallows?

 

[Jimway]

Check out Chuck Grewe home page. Looks like they have some rudders in the parts department section.

 

[klos69]

E-Mailed him thank you

 

[Jimway]

Kool, hope they can set you up with what you need. On a side note, I was over on Coeur d'Alene back in the day and they had Mail delivery by boat. It was pretty cool to see and hear this big block Century coming up the lake, running hard then zipping into one of a myriad of docks along the shore line to drop off the Mail, then accelerate out and up to the the next stop on the route. Beautiful day, sun beating down, the soft hum of Summer in the background. Vessel was spotless and absolutely in tune. Guy wasn't over revving the engine or abusing the boat by any means but was working it for nearly all it was worth, and it looked like it was worth a lot. Boat was performing like a world class cutting horse at the rodeo. Old guy probably had hundreds of hours of seat time in that very boat and it showed. Guy makes this starboard turn in to shore while coming off plane in between two docks. He's running the engine between probably 12 and 1500 rpm as he spins the vessel around, then reverses up the the drop off point out on the dock. The boat is kind of like in perpetual motion as it doesn't come to a stop at all. Then he's gone, accelerating away across the lake, secondary's kicking in as soon as he's far enough away from the docks. Big block power barking out a serious tune. Awesome.

 

[dcaono]

The Balanced rudders will accord with medium- to large-sized ships that require efficient and steady sailing. in fact, this rudder on a boat is a rudder plate with the uppermost part connected to the stock with the bearing inside the hull. In addition, it must be supported with a bottom pintle.