Re: [Paddlewise] Bent VCP rudder cable

Keith W Robertson <news_at_fachwen.org> wrote:
>You have to learn not to force the slider if it feels stuck or you
will 
 bend the cable every time, and pass this message onto people you lend
the boat to...

That's the problem!  I know better, but don't use the skeg myself 99.5%
of the time, and forget to mention it to others...and also tend to
forget to think about jamming the skeg box.  I'm pretty good about
always lifting my boat into the water..but others think "plastic boat,
I can drag this"..and they do

>" VCP now have an improved design with a solid bar at the slider end
to 
  reduce the bendy cable problem at that end.

That helps some, but I have the new bar in my Avocet RM, and it still
has a purty sharp little kink.

BTW, GRO has replacement cables for $6 retail.

Thanks,
Shawn


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