1990 320 rudder bent

[maldo]

I pull my 1990 320 out of the water today the first tink I notice was the rudders there were bent back they look like there were made that way, the rudders shows no evidence of damage but I never have seen a boat with the rudders bent back. can any one tell me if the rudders on 32 tournament were made that way or there stray.:dunno:

[martin]

I have a 320 tournament 1990 and recently pulled it out of the water and my rudders are not bend backworse,they are straight down. please checkas I think they come straight down from the factory.

[Dave K S]

I also believe the rudders should be straight. I had one that was bent and I took it to a prop shop. They straightened it for about $60.00. The hardest part was getting it out. I had to dig a hole in the gravel at the yard to get enough clearance to drop the rudder. I would get them straightened.

[seacaballo]

Maldo, I have a 1992 32' convertible and I have had the boat out on the hard 2 times, the first time was to among other things to resleeve the rudder post because on of them was leaking water into the boat. Those rudders should not be bent

[marco99]

maldo, I have a 1995 32, my rudders are straight. I don't think they should be bent backwards. Mark

[searious]

It sounds as though the boat may have been run hard aground at some point - the rudders stuck in the mud and helped stop the forward motion resulting in the bend.

[irishrogue]

it seems very strange that running aground would bend the rudders back without also taking out the struts and shafts and props...how much are they bent??? pics???

[searious]

Happened to me unfortunately.