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[henry terry]

Yes, Trust the Weld.  Once done you will not need to replace it.

 

 find someone qualified with hight amp mig/tig wire feed machine.

 

deeply V grove the weld area so the welder can put down numurous welds, fusing the parts.

 

But blocks and fish plate works great. May make it stronger than original.

 

If you send it to Dan the Welder, Dan Yerk in Blue Point LI NY he will make it right. A genious and serious innovater with awsome integrity.

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 steering quadrant replacement

steve stevens <stevev...@gmail.com> Mar 22 06:44PM -0700  

Hey everyone
 
Well, while in the Caicos islands sailing close hauled I heard a loud snap
and lost a lot of steerage. When I inspected the steerage I found that my
giant aluminum steering quadrant had snapped in half. Not a common problem,
turns out. I'm assuming it's the original quadrant, so 36 years of
corrosion and abuse finally took its toll.
 
We clamped the thing back together and drilled on aluminum plates to hold
it together so we could make a passage to Dominican Republic, a place where
we would be for a while and with more resources. Now's the time to fix it.
 
The quadrant was made by Yacht Specialties, which went out of business
decades ago. In my searching the only company I found which makes a similar
product is Edson. Being that a new quadrant would take some time for them
to manufacture and at quite a cost, I've been searching for used ones. The
best one I've found is this
http://www.marineconsignmentmaine.com/p-1260-edson-mangbronze-8-steering-quadrant-1-12-min-bore-iss2723.aspx
 
If I measured my rudder post correctly it has a diameter of 2 1/4". The
listing says 1 1/2 min bore. A lot of steering quadrants are listed with
"min bore" measurements. Is this meaning that the owner is asked to bore it
out further if needed? Or clamp it down less fully?
 
Right now I'm hoping to order a used quadrant within the next few days so I
can get it in time to leave here. My second idea is that there is plenty of
welders here, and I could get it welded back together to last the next 3
months, before I put the boat away for the summer season where I'd have
much more time to look for one. Should I trust a weld and backing plates
for an 800nm sail?
 
I'm looking to you all for advice, and asking if anyone has had experience
with replacing a steering quadrant from Yacht Specialties. Any advice would
be great. Measurements and pictures available upon request.
 
Thanks!
-steve S/V Dorothy Ann


 

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