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Description: Steering system<br>
Description: Steering system<br>
'''Documents'''<br>
'''Documents'''<br>
*Factory drawing: [[File:SW1160 Steering System Drawing.pdf|thumb|Link]] <br>
*Factory drawing:'' [[File:SW1160 Steering System Drawing.pdf|thumb|Link]] <br>
'''Links'''<br>
'''Links'''<br>
*Steering system pictures: [https://www.strikhedonia.com/seawind-1160-steering-components/ Internal Link]<br>
*Steering system components:'' [https://www.strikhedonia.com/seawind-1160-steering-components/ Internal Link]<br>
'''Notes'''<br>
'''Notes'''<br>
*Helm Station Play: It is critical that there is no play in when you turn the wheel, if there is play it can be taken up by tightening the cable ends that attach to each end of the rudder interconnect tube<br>
*Helm Station Play: It is critical that there is no play in when you turn the wheel, if there is play it can be taken up by tightening the cable ends that attach to each end of the rudder interconnect tube<br>
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*SV Nimrod had their rudder traveller car fail while on passage between Queensland, AUS and Tahiti.  Dave Straton added a second bearing car to reduce the load and increase reliability.<br>
*SV Nimrod had their rudder traveller car fail while on passage between Queensland, AUS and Tahiti.  Dave Straton added a second bearing car to reduce the load and increase reliability.<br>
'''Guides'''<br>
'''Guides'''<br>
*Redesign, two cars: [https://www.strikhedonia.com/redesigning-the-seawind-1160-center-steering-bracket/ Internal Link]<br>
*Redesign, two cars:'' [https://www.strikhedonia.com/redesigning-the-seawind-1160-center-steering-bracket/ Internal Link]<br>
*Redesign, non-castering wheel [[File:Rudder Traveller Caster Wheel.jpeg|thumb|Alternative modification completed by Bill Lippincott on SV Moon Drifter]]<br>
*Redesign, non-castering wheel [[File:Rudder Traveller Caster Wheel.jpeg|thumb|Alternative modification completed by Bill Lippincott on SV Moon Drifter]]<br>

Revision as of 17:24, 13 September 2026

General
Description: Steering system
Documents

Links

Notes

  • Helm Station Play: It is critical that there is no play in when you turn the wheel, if there is play it can be taken up by tightening the cable ends that attach to each end of the rudder interconnect tube


General
Description: Rudder traveller car improvement
Notes

  • SV Nimrod had their rudder traveller car fail while on passage between Queensland, AUS and Tahiti. Dave Straton added a second bearing car to reduce the load and increase reliability.

Guides

  • Redesign, two cars: Internal Link
  • Redesign, non-castering wheel
    Alternative modification completed by Bill Lippincott on SV Moon Drifter