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1.5.3 WHAT IF THE BRACKET IS ALIGNED
INCORRECTLY?
• No problem: loosen mounting bolts 901 and use the
rubber mallet to move the clamps along the cheeks
900/910 until the alignment is satisfactory.
1.5.4 MOUNTING THE SYSTEM ON THE
MOUNTING BRACKET
• Slide the system into the bracket with the pendulum
axle 310 at the front and fasten in place with
mounting bolt 901.
1.5.5 ALIGNMENT
WINDVANE SHAFT 140
• The windvane shaft 140 must be vertical.
• Side-to-side adjustment: release bolt 701
• Fore-and-aft adjustment: release bolt 201
• Don’t forget to retighten the bolts once the
windvane is properly aligned!
• If you still can’t make the windvane vertical, see
1.5.4 What if the Bracket is Aligned Incorrectly?
1.5.6 PENDULUM RUDDER LIFT-UP
• Tie one end of the red lift-up line through ring 431
and secure the other end to the pushpit. Raise the
pendulum rudder, take the red line once around
windvane shaft 140 and rudder shaft 400 and tie it
back to the pushpit.
1.6 THE STEERING LINES
1.6.1 GENERAL
• The steering performance of your PACIFIC LIGHT
will be strongly influenced by the quality of the
force transmission from the pendulum rudder to
the main rudder; in other words, you can’t have
good steering unless the steering lines are working
smoothly.
• Depending on the setting of the variable
transmission, the PACIFIC LIGHT provides
maximum steering line travel of between 20 and
25 cm/8 and 10 in (a feature it shares with other
popular systems like the Aries and Monitor).
• Anything that impairs the force transmission will
have an immediate impact on steering quality.
Slack, stretch or play in the steering lines or
stiffness in the main rudder bearings all detract
from the performance of your system. Errors and
compromises at this point add up to poor steering,
plain and simple. All servo-pendulum gears that use
the 2:1 bevel gear linkage (Aries, Fleming, Monitor)
work in exactly the same way. The differences lie in
the operating conditions on different boats!
• NOTE: what use is 20-25 cm/8-10 in of travel at the
pendulum arm if only a fraction of that reaches the
main rudder?
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