Express 27 National Championship at San Francisco Yacht ClubOctober 5 - 7
Result
PosBoatTotalRace 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Race 5Race 6Race 7
1Magic Bus283(3)5(8)6(14)2(16)1(17)1(18)10 (28)
2Motorcycle Irene292(2)2(4)14(18)1(19)7(26)2(28)1 (29)
3Get Happy!!344(4)3(7)11(18)5(23)3(26)6(32)2 (34)
4Thumper3711(11)1(12)2(14)9(23)4(27)5(32)5 (37)
5Fired Up!421(1)4(5)8(13)8(21)5(26)10(36)6 (42)
6Current Affair5112(12)6(18)10(28)3(31)13(44)4(48)3 (51)
7Tequila Mockingbird625(5)7(12)17(29)4(33)2(35)14(49)13 (62)
8Andale627(7)10(17)3(20)12(32)11(43)7(50)12 (62)
9Abigail Morgan6413(13)13(26)1(27)6(33)9(42)11(53)11 (64)
10Wile E Coyote686(6)9(15)7(22)OCS(40)RET(58)3(61)7 (68)
11Salty Hotel719(9)8(17)4(21)11(32)10(42)12(54)17 (71)
12X-Wing7610(10)14(24)13(37)14(51)8(59)9(68)8 (76)
13Bombora8316(16)15(31)15(46)10(56)15(71)8(79)4 (83)
14Peaches8714(14)12(26)16(42)7(49)6(55)17(72)15 (87)
15Take Five908(8)11(19)9(28)16(44)16(60)16(76)14 (90)
16Artemis9417(17)16(33)5(38)13(51)14(65)13(78)16 (94)
17Hang 209515(15)17(32)12(44)15(59)12(71)15(86)9 (95)
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Author: Phil Krasner
Subject: Rudder Bearings
Info: (14288 views) Posted: Tuesday 10-25-05 07:50:58 PM
When I removed my rudder bearings, the bottom bearing came out fairly easily by inserting a steel rod into the shaft from the top and hitting it down with a hammer.The top bearing was very stubborn, and after trying to grind it out with a dremel it was finally dislodged by bolting a washer the size of the bearing to a piece of althread and pounding it up from underneath. There was a little bit of pitting inside of the shaft that I repaired with epoxy.I can't remember if I epoxyed or used 4000 adhesive to install the new bearings, but after fighting so hard to get the old one out I didn't use enough and recently noticed my bottom bearing has a littl bit of play in it.

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:: :: :: I just had a similar problem with my bearings, you might
:: :: :: have seen a couple of posts that I sent here... The
:: :: :: bearings were replaced, Buzz made both new top and
:: :: :: bottom bearings with a fast turn around for right about
:: :: :: $100.00..The boat's rudder is perfect now.
:: :: ::
:: :: :: ::
:: :: :: ::
:: :: :: :: Definitely not normal. Buzz Ballenger can make new
:: :: :: :: rudder bearings for you.
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:: ::
:: :: How do you remove the old bearings and how do you
:: :: install the new ones?
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:: Just drop the rudderby removing the tiller head (helps
:: to have two people) one removing the tiller head and
:: keeper bolts and one to hold the rudder. The bearings
:: will be exposed and you can simply slide them off the
:: shaft of the rudder or pull them out of the hull
:: depending on where they end up with the rudder out. Its
:: a simple fix, but the boat does need to be out of the
:: water to complete the swap.

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