by Guest » Tue May 18, 2004 9:16 pm
I have an older DS1, with all wood original rudder stock, so don't exactly picture your problem. I would expect you could raise the hole to leave enough remaining metal equal to the thickness of the pin but this gains only about 1/2" or so. If all else fails, is there any chance you can extend rudder "post" up a little by bolting on, on one or both sides, a metal plate, up to where you want the tiller to connect, or having a short piece welded on at the top, if welding service is available to you ???.
John C. Jr. (ghampe-at-rcn.com)