I have just motored my sailboat down the Erie
Canal and about Brewerton and Lake Oneida, I encountered lots of weed in the
water. I noticed after this that the
wheel was shuddering and when sitting in the
cockpit you could feel the occasional jerk as if the
rudder was hitting something.
I assumed that there was weed around the prop so tried reversing the
engine etc. but the problem didn't clear. It continued onto the end of the
canal but at certain times was less noticeable. I wondered if a piece of
rope was wrapped around the prop shaft and was knocking against the
rudder. When I reversed the
boat for a short way the shuddering wasn't present. I couldn't access my ladder as the
mast was supported on the swim platform and the Canal was very dark so I wasn't able to go below to take a look until we were docked in Catskill Creek.
I only found a small amount of weed around the prop shaft, and nothing trailing that would affect the rudder.
Anybody else experience anything like this before?
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