Success with a sheet to tiller self steering arrangement on your IF or M26? Can anyone describe and show images of the set up that works best for them?

Thanks for all your help and advice folks, in repairing the old and designing the new. The old was filled and faired to it's pre-break form. Then it was used to make a fiberglass mold. The new rudder was laid up using this mold and a sheet of 1/4 inch aluminum alloy was cut to for the inner blade ...

Hi matt
Did you resolve this problem with your forestay?

Justin

Well I thought I would post the end result after months of delay and shipping errors. I ordered the pintles and 10 new pin bolts from Goran at the Marina in Sweden. He was very helpful, and thank Maja for the contact. Here is a pic of the new rudder completed. rudder.jpg Thanks for all your help and ...

topping lift.jpg the wire with the block is attached at the top of the mast just 10 cm below the masthead using a 2 screw clip blacket. admittedly, the screws made removing the masthead for antenna wiring more difficult. on end of the lifting line is tired to a clip on the side of the boom using a ...

While examining the chainplates on my M26, I wondered if the backing plates are the original design or if this was modified by the previous owner. Looking at the attached image, can anyone confirm if this is the original installation? The image quality is poor but what you're looking at is a large ...

thanks for the responses. i'll update when I can

Hi

Anyone know if there is a paint manufacturer who can color match the original Marieholm colors. My M26 is a greenish blue. Anyone know where I can find this paint? otherwise I will choose a contrasting color for the new rudder being built.

The season is upon us!

Hi I placed the order for new pintles and pinnbolts with Goran and he has been most helpfull. However, the cost of the new pintles (and shipping to Canada) to replace the old is very high. I don't really want to pay 750 Canadian dollars for this hardware. I will if I must, but.... the reason I ...

here's an example

As some of you may recall, I am having a new rudder made of solid glass over an aluminum alloy frame. The mold has been made using the original rudder with pintle cut outs. Where can I find new bronze pintles with the 3 O-rings that will fit exactly into the original gudgeons on the boat? Are the ...

frankly
for trading weights you've suggesting, I'm hoping for a similar weight to the original

Can the gudgeons and pintles be found somewhere new?

Hi all. A Rudder update I decided to have a new rudder built using a mold of the old. To order and transport a new Marieholm rudder from Sweden would have been expensive and unnecessarily complicated. The corrosion of the original is too extensive to bother with a repair. Thank you for all your ...

Does anyone know if the original Tord Sunden/Marieholm line drawings and spec sheets are available for the M26? The IF boat drawings are available, so perhaps they're to be found on a swedish site somewhere? Are there any notable material construction differences between the if boat and the M26 ...

After using a epoxy primer on the porous steel, can I create a flat/smooth surface for the cloth using filler first on the steel to fill in an crevices? Or should I cut layers of cloth to build up an even shape of the steel? Can apply wetted cloth directly to the primed steel?