Removing rudder

Johan Hackman wrote: panos wrote: The rudder îs actualy floating so that when the boat is in the water there is small chance to lose it since it is pushing up against the lower bearing. You might find this video interesting. I filmed it a few years ago to show the buoyancy of my rudder. Before I tried this I thought the rudder would disappear under the boat if I removed the locking screws.  Johan

Johan
You have to admit that a video of your face if your rudder had sunk to the bottom would have been a picture

Hello everyone, I'm new to this forum (hmm2011) .... anyway, this is my first post. Nice
@Sailingjack - we also have a 400 # 807 with the same mark in the hull, the rudder is pushed up against the hull as you know now, I have fixed this for 3 seasons with epoxy filler, but through Hanse in Dragör Dk got a spacer ring to be placed on the rudder stock between rudder and hull. I will hire a shipyard that fix this next year.
Contact your dealer he can fix this ring to you too. We are 2 Hanse 400 owners here in southern Sweden, which had the same problem. Want to take this opportunity to give Scandinavian Yacht Center Dragør praise for all the help with this and our other guarantee measures. super happy:-). Well done Morten.


happy sailing

Mike

So I definately need to find a spacer/sleeve/ring (whatever it is called) between the rudder plate and the low bearing to prevent the rudder from chafing the hull. Preferably in two halves for an easy installation.

Hi,

Surely you just need to lower the rudder a few millimetres to increase the clearance between rudder upper edge and your hull. That is to say re-position the ring with the three grub-screws a few millimetres higher on the rudder stock.

Or . . . am I missing something ? It's getting late and I haven't had a whisky yet tonight ;-)


F.

Right - found info below from jefa.com - the best is that you do not need to dismount the rudder completely just drop it down a little bit and mount the "missing" ring;)) i think, i try to do it by myself, after that i can call me a handy man or I need to call 112

Locking rings:

Locking rings are made of anodised seawater resistant aluminium 6082 (AlMgSI1) and contain stainless steel set screws to achieve a perfect locking on the shaft. Its advisable to pre-drill the rudder shaft a couple of millimetres for the best security. Locking rings are used above the top bearing to prevent the rudder from sliding out of the vessel. Locking rings can also be used underneath the top bearing to prevent a light rudder from floating up. Between a locking ring and the bearing we always supply a delrin ring for a smooth rotation. For super smooth running applications we can supply a delrin ring with a ball race.