Rudder alignment

I'm pretty sure that the Wave's rudders are supposed to be "toe-in" (which I think of as "pigeon-toed"), but I wonder if mine are correct:

When one is set to be in-line with the hull



The other one is turned in at a pretty dramatic angle



Is this correct? If not, what can I do about it?

Also, I seem to have a lot of fore and aft play in the rudder, even with the rudder arm bracket set at maximum tight (all the way forward)




Is this correct? If not, what can I do about it?

Enjoying the boat, regardless,

Kevin

There is a left and a right rudder - you have them reversed

As for the fore-aft movement, sounds like the cams aren't locking right - with the cam plate all the way forward, there shouldn't be much if any play at all.

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Tim
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Tim:

Thanks for the reply. But, inside the rudder housing on the port hull, there's a letter "L"; inside the housing on the starboard hull, there's a letter "R."

Are you sure that's backwards?

Kevin

Yep... backwards.

The L and R inside the older castings are mold makers marks and do not represent Left and Right on the boat. Sorry.

The tiller arms should bow towards the centerline of the boat.

Reversing the rudders will fix the isue you have.

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Matt Miller
Former - Director of Parts and Accessory Sales
Warranty and Technical Support
Hobie Cat USA
(Retired 11/7/2022)

If you regularly take the rudders off for trailering or storage, stencil an L and R, or P and S, or put some red and green tape on em so you don't have to spend time figuring it out every time you put the rudders back on!

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Tim
Unofficial Fleet 72 Communications Officer and Div 4 Webmaster
http://www.hobiefleet72.org
http://www.div4.hobieclass.com/

Boy, will I get some humor mileage out of that.

Thanks for the solution.

Kevin