Another great update! Thanks
Nice work! What were rudder chains for? They are too loose to be used to cause movement; were they to limit full deflection? Yours seem too long for this purpose too!
The rubber chains are correct Jimmy, they are meant to hang like that.
I believe the chains are there to prevent the loss of the rudder if it becomes unshipped.
Aha! That makes sense now, thank you.
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Yes those chains are to avoid to lose the ruder that will be impossible to replace
Having once lost the rudder from a dinghy in an offshore wind in the North Sea, I agree it is a sub-optimal situation! How they would get it back on at sea I have no idea.
Will you ever get it out of the room?
This model shouldn't be in a museum, it's so realistic, it should be in a major motion picture.