If you are forced to sail a short distance with the rudder a bit up – this is only
possible by sailing only by Genoa – NO MAINSAIL, take the mainsail down,
otherwise the rudder system will get damaged due to overload.
EMERGENCY TILLER:
The Dragonfly 40 has an external emergency tiller to be fitted just over the
rudderstock, on the backend of the cockpit floor. The emergency tiller can be
found in the cockpit locker.
Important information: If the cable steering system fails, just for your
information, the automatic pilot system will still work like normal as this is not a
part of the Wheel steering system.
Before any longer journey, please make a visual check of the hole steering system
like the chain, blocks, and cable system. We recommend changing the cable
steering cables every 5 years or at the latest by every 20.000 NM. The steering
cables are made of 6 mm 7x19 stainless wire/cable.
If the wheels feel to have too much play, just tighten the turnbuckle placed just
above the main diesel engine. Don’t tighten it too hard, it must be a bit slack, so
the wheels feel nice to control.
IMPORTANT:
The rudder is NOT designed to be sailing with the rudder up, always keep the
rudder in fully DOWN position.
If you must sail over longer shallow water, and you must be sailing with the
rudder like halfway up, this is only possible when taking the mainsail down for
neutral balance of the boat.
The rudder blade itself has a draft of 1.5 meters below the waterline.
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