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1. AndyB🇬🇧

   Warrant Officer·3 years ago

   Although the Moonbeam was a classic looking yacht, it was certainly over canvas. Therefore I decided to re-rig it with a Nottingham J class second set of sails. It seems well balanced and still looks like a classic yacht. The video is from its first sail.

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2. AndyB🇬🇧

   Warrant Officer·4 years ago

   An interesting solution Ron and look forward to seeing it in use.
3. Ronald🇨🇦

   Fleet Admiral·4 years ago

   I hope to solve the problem by fabricating a control horn like this instead of gears.

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4. AndyB🇬🇧

   Warrant Officer·4 years ago

   The rudder servo is mounted on a plywood frame at an angle, so is in line with the rudder. It’s a bit of a “fiddle” to get it all to line up. Glued in place with some thickened West Epoxy.
   
   The kit includes some brass sheet, the instructions suggest this is soldered to the rudder spindle, which is brass rod. I changed the design and used thicker brass, which was threaded and two lock nuts and some loctite. It is then removeable. This method also made it easier to get the brass "tiller arm" to be set at 90 degrees to the actual rudder.
   
   One problem was that the whole assembly was a touch to high, so I had to reduce the depth of the cockpit floor.
   
   I would be interested in how other people have solved this problem on the Moonbeam or similar type boats. The first photo shows a "dry" fit, the second shows it finished.

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5. Ronald🇨🇦

   Fleet Admiral·4 years ago

   How did Dave's kit show the rudder control?

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6. pressonreguardless🇺🇸Silver

   Rear Admiral·4 years ago

   Andy
   Beautiful Lines 😊😊
   Trev

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