I hear jakmedic owns a 42 and am trying to get his email so I can correspond. Are there any other Nimbus owners in this community?
I needed the drawings to see what the rudder's steel inner structure was supposed to look like. The steel armature was pretty close to spec, but the 3" stock stopped 6" into the rudder instead of extending 24" down and tying into the armature's structure. I was also hoping for drawings of the upper bearing, but I'm not sure he had details of it.wamcneil,
What work did you do/need on the rudder? Mine may need a lower bearing and I was wondering if you have done one or did you need the drawings for something else?
Is there room behind the post for a full circle?I have a full circle quadrant that would not require sheaves. I am thinking about changing over to it since fewer pulleys should be easier on the cables.
Sure, I'll send some pictures.WOW!
The tabbed in spot for the stops you had tell me mine must be original. I am going to look at them and see if the surface was enlarged to stop the rudder sooner. My guess is yes.
My recollection is that I got a lot more articulation with the current setup than original
Is that sheave box you have bolted through the cockpit? I love the box and the simplicity of it, but after bad experiences on a past boat, I would be against putting any holes in the cockpit floor.
Right, stainless carriage bolts through the cockpit sole. Same for the A/P bracket on the starboard side. As far as I can tell there is no other practical means to mount such hardware; at least without some major fabrication.
The aft stay bulk head seems larger on yours than I remember, but i'll give it another look. The circle quadrant was a 10" so you only need 5 inches on that side and I thought I had it. Sure would be nice to pull a set of sheaves out for the mix. But I do wonder if there are any drawback to that setup vs. the classic quadrant.
I'm no naval architect, but you may want to consult somebody in the know before putting in a 10" dia quad. It seems to me that it could put monstrous loads on the steering gear. That's probably about 1/3 the diameter of the original quad, so steering gear loads would be at least several times greater than designed.
My rudder gland does not leak and feels pretty tight, but I have not looked super close at it. The force or the oversized tiller did seem to wear the top "bearing" more than I would like.
If the upper "bearing" was like mine, the problem wasn't a tiller. Mine was a completely inadequate light bronze ring screwed into the fiberglass with four wood screws.
Do you have any pics of the sheaves you have? The major concern with mine is that the lip on the wheels seem to be worn to a razor edge for the wire entering and exiting at a bad angle.
I don't know how to quantify it, but the nimbus points pretty well. I think the hull design is a pretty good compromise between racer and cruiser, with a deck design slanted toward racing. It's a wet boat with low freeboard.So how do they sail after all?? How many degrees high do they point, and at what wind speed do you start motoring (at what point of sail)?
Do current owners think it would be possible to add a hard dodger, and relocate the mainsheet traveller on top of it? It may sound weird, but I have this obsession with hard dodgers for safety reasons (see offshore gales/storms). How much clearance is there between cockpit sole and boom? I'm thinking about something like this:
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How about the sink, not sure why it is not located in the center of the boat but the original location seems to be too close to the hull. Does it flood at high angles of heel?
Many thanks