Unfortunately I can’t get photos of the current rudder at the moment
I’m off the river currently so will be “off the air” for a while but will pick up the thread in a couple of weeks
Cheers
Thank you The hydraulic ram is a Seastar HC5318 which has a 7 inch stroke that doesn’t give me much rudder angle and is 5 turns lock to lock
Thinking I’m happy to revert back to Cable & Drum - that would mean removing the hyd Helm pump and replacing it with a steering drum and cables - can...
I have a small paddle wheel river boat
Initial steering was fairly antiquated wooden drum with chains and cable
Converted to hydraulic because the drum & cable was too heavy to manage
The hydraulic is easy to use but has far too many turns lock to lock and does not give sufficient angle on the...
