{"id":366,"date":"2020-01-28T05:41:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T05:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trypod.co.nz\/imagine\/?p=366"},"modified":"2020-09-20T02:36:43","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T02:36:43","slug":"the-steering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trypod.co.nz\/imagine\/2020\/01\/28\/the-steering\/","title":{"rendered":"The steering…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The bearing seemed to have collapsed making the steering wheel very loose. To get us back to Brisbane I cut up a nylon chopping board to make a couple of bushes which seemed to hold the steering in place better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we got back to Brisbane I started disassembling the helm. With several calls to a friend in Sydney (thanks Gordon) I discovered the only way to fix the problem was to remove the entire helm. With Ben and Greg’s help we disassembled and replaced the bearings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I remounted the helm on the boat, connected the rudder up and it seems to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In removing the helm, had to cut out all of the fibreglass housing which meant now I had to build a new helm station. Instead of using fibreglass I built this one out of timber so the back could be removed if anything ever needed repairing again. All this has taken approx 3 weeks to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everything on the boat takes longer to do in this heat and humidity – a trip to the hardware store for bolts takes all day. This week we hope to take it for a test sail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n