Hello Fellow Sailors:
While sailing in the Chesapeake yesterday I had a
steering jam up which made both wheels extremely hard to turn. They felt like a truck without
power steering. The
wind was blowing at about 15 to 18 knots. I figured I had a steering cable
malfunction so I rolled up both
sails and motored in the last 6 miles. When I hit the
dock the steering seemed fine. I checked all the
cables and found them to be ok. Both wheels turned easily. I have a diver going down to check the
rudder just to be safe.
Has anyone ever had a
malfunction in the hydraulic cylinder that is actuated by the auto pilot? How tight should the
cables be?
Thanks for the help.
Big Moe
aspen002@verizon.net