dpfreeman
New Member
I just bought a 85 capri #486. Sailed it the last two weeks in a row and love it! I have one issue with it though. The rudder won't stay down for any length of time and my son is getting tired of holding it down. I've tried to tighten or loosen the bolt but it won't budge. I see a small hole in the bolt head (it's a flat head screwdriver bolt head) and I can spin the bolt around to where the hole lines up with a hole underneath it but I don't know what is for. It may be for a pin that you are supposed to take out when you take the rudder apart. In another post I saw a reference to something like that. Anyway I'm looking for suggestions of how to keep the rudder down. One guy drilled a hole through the rudder and inserted a quick pull pin. Would that mess up the rudder in the long run? Another person suggested kevlar material to tighten up the fit of the rudder. Not sure where I put that. Anyways any suggestions would be welcome.