Received mine via USPS priority mail direct from Hobie on Monday... or was it Tuesday?
Anyway, I'm hoping the new rudder pin will lessen the downline steering difficulty as noted by others. We'll see as I'm taking it out tomorrow.
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| Author: | Honu [ Thu Sep 30, 2010 7:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Received your TI rudder fix yet ? |
Waiting for my rudder fix to arrive. Anyone else received it yet ? |
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| Author: | TxYackMan [ Thu Sep 30, 2010 8:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Received your TI rudder fix yet ? |
Just got mine. Will get it all installed this weekend. |
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| Author: | Honu [ Thu Sep 30, 2010 9:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Received your TI rudder fix yet ? |
Thanks TxYackMan. Did you get it through the mail or through your dealer ? |
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| Author: | whosyerbob [ Fri Oct 01, 2010 1:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Received your TI rudder fix yet ? |
Mine came through the USPS a few days ago and I'll be installing mine this weekend as well. |
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| Author: | Honu [ Fri Oct 01, 2010 1:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Received your TI rudder fix yet ? |
Wow, hope Hawaii is not too far behind everyone else. |
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| Author: | dosjers [ Fri Oct 01, 2010 5:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Received your TI rudder fix yet ? |
I got mine several days ago. I installed it and tried it out yesterday. Boat behaved just like it did when I used a bolt to hold the rudder down but it's easier and quicker to hook and unhook the bungee. |
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| Author: | TxYackMan [ Fri Oct 01, 2010 6:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Received your TI rudder fix yet ? |
That good news Jerry. Hats off to the engineers @Hobie cause that is nifty idea. Do you think the new rudder pin helped/changed anything? |
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| Author: | ReefWraith [ Fri Oct 01, 2010 8:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Received your TI rudder fix yet ? |
Received mine via USPS priority mail direct from Hobie on Monday... or was it Tuesday? Anyway, I'm hoping the new rudder pin will lessen the downline steering difficulty as noted by others. We'll see as I'm taking it out tomorrow.
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| Author: | mmiller [ Fri Oct 01, 2010 9:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Received your TI rudder fix yet ? |
Quote: Do you think the new rudder pin helped/changed anything? Completely fixes the left steering issue when using strong down line tension. FYI... using the bungee hold-down makes down line tension pretty much unnecessary as well. |
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| Author: | dosjers [ Fri Oct 01, 2010 12:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Received your TI rudder fix yet ? |
TxYackMan wrote: That good news Jerry. Hats off to the engineers @Hobie cause that is nifty idea. Do you think the new rudder pin helped/changed anything? I haven't been using the down line since I started bolting my rudder down so I can't say but I did put the new pin in. |
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| Author: | Honu [ Fri Oct 01, 2010 3:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Received your TI rudder fix yet ? |
Man, can't wait to get mine. |
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| Author: | NOHUHU [ Fri Oct 01, 2010 5:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Received your TI rudder fix yet ? |
OK, Sanity Check Time. Is drilling 3 holes (inline) through the rudder and housing not a potential new source of rudder failures? Plus, we have just added a hole, a bolted cleat and a bungee at the weakest part of the blade. These blades were pretty much snapping there before these "improvements". Just sayin,... |
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| Author: | dosjers [ Fri Oct 01, 2010 6:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Received your TI rudder fix yet ? |
NOHUHU wrote: Is drilling 3 holes (inline) through the rudder and housing not a potential new source of rudder failures? before these "improvements". You drill two holes on above the other in the housing and one on the rudder. The 3 holes are not inline. Only out with the new mod once but so far it worked fine. Going out on Sunday stripped down to a kayak and we peddling three miles up a river and back. Sure hope the rudder does break and leave me up a creek. |
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| Author: | TxYackMan [ Sat Oct 02, 2010 6:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Received your TI rudder fix yet ? |
Installed all the fixes. Rudder bungee looks promising. Hope to try it out very soon. |
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| Author: | ReefWraith [ Sat Oct 02, 2010 8:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Received your TI rudder fix yet ? |
Ok...I did get a chance to try out the newly installed rudder pin and yes...it does seem to help reduce tension in the steering lines when the downline is tensioned. A good intermediate fix from Hobie. |
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