rudder cam plunger -- alternative

Hello, I'm down in La Paz mexico and it seems that the plunger in the rudder cam on one side has somehow slipped out. I only have a few days left down here, so I have no time to order the correct replacement, but don't want to end my sailing. Is there any suggestion on how I might rig it to lock the rudder? it must come up, as we beach it in shallow water, but being so loose, it takes a superhuman to hold them while sailing in good wind. thanks for any suggestions.
jack

okay, so I cut off a piece of cutting board from the RV, and roughly shaped it with a tablesaw, and it sortof works, but doesn't really "plunge" back down, sort of mooshes out, but with manual intervention it locks in OK. Might have to unless someone has a better idea.

You can just tie on some shock cord around both the upper and lower castings to hold the upper casting down while sailing - lots of people do this, works fine.

Had not heard of this jimmy-rig. Nice!

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John

This is another case when a well stocked Hobie hell box would have saved the day and maybe the trip. I break cams a lot and with the sister screws and a spare cam the fix is without drama

You break cams a lot? Really? What does them in?

I have two Hobies (one for parts) that are 30+ years old and all 4 still are working, although rock hard. And yes, this winters project is to replace them with new ones. I got all the parts for Christmas and just need to put it all together.

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Steve
2017 Hobie 16 "Cayman" sails 114795
1985 & 1973? Hobie 14 "Sea & Ski"

Very very shallow water with a crap load of wind and a ton of force on the tiller as in using my foot to push it over This is over the hard sand at Edisto Beach sometimes going over 1/2 mile until the rudders lock down
this is with my 21SE a H16 should not be as bad

Where do you sail out at edisto at? We got a group of guys out on sulivans Island that sail just about all summer

I try to sail and keep the boats on the Saint Helena Sound near the point at the Atlantic Ocean the area is very flat and it is easy to store the sailboats in a protected area behind the high water mark which is also behind the turtle safe area The sound is a great place to launch also with very small or no surf I hate really big surf with the 21SE ( big waves are good surf not so much)the hobie 16 is great in giant surf, We usuall make a trip to the ACE Basin and the sandbars off Pine Island. Great place to drink a beer or six and to find giant sand dollars. But back to the question the sand bars have really shallow water around them and the boat is sailing screaming fast in about a foot of water I put a lot of strain on the tillers and rudders which is bad on the rudder cams I replace mine every year wheather they look good or not so I always have spares in my Hobie Hell Box ready to go