What are these round things on my rutter?

foofer b · Post by **foofer b** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 7:19 pm

I have thees rownd things on my rutter. What do hey do. do I kneed them?

alexander38 · Post by **alexander38** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 7:28 pm

I don't know but you have them on those flet mental things too

jefflaw35 · Post by **jefflaw35** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 7:31 pm

alexander38 wrote:I don't know but you have them on those flet mental things too

chuckles...

foofer b · Post by **foofer b** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 7:53 pm

flet mental?

alexander38 · Post by **alexander38** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:06 pm

O my bad ...the spell check didn't know what I meant to say.....flat metal

captainmaniac · Post by **captainmaniac** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:16 pm

If you are talking about the flukes, I think they are just to help control water flow across the rutter --- er.... I mean flet mental thingies... er I mean rudder...

I have seen those in several F25-27pics, but usually not on anything bigger, which leads me to believe that they were needed on the shorter hulls but not on the bigger ones.

There is also a chance (though they are darn small to really contribute IMO) that they somehow helped to lift the stern on some models. Never have been able to tell if they are truly horizontal or angled down a bit...

foofer b · Post by **foofer b** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:23 pm

Thought they were fish atractors or luhrs.

alexander38 · Post by **alexander38** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:31 pm

nope you have to paint them on...

foofer b · Post by **foofer b** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:37 pm

Shuld I use laytex or enamell?

summer storm · Post by **summer storm** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:55 pm

they are zincs and you shouldn't paint them. In fact they look like they should be replaced.

alexander38 · Post by **alexander38** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:57 pm

low VOC latex...

ready123 · Post by **ready123** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 9:00 pm

summer storm wrote:they are zincs and you shouldn't paint them. In fact they look like they should be replaced.

He gotcha

I think he was trying to distract us from jefflaw35 posts

alexander38 · Post by **alexander38** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 9:03 pm

summer storm · Post by **summer storm** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 9:16 pm

ready123 wrote:
summer storm wrote:they are zincs and you shouldn't paint them. In fact they look like they should be replaced.
He gotcha

I think he was trying to distract us from jefflaw35 posts

I was starting to think he hit a beer truck while he was towing the boat home

larryeddington · Post by **larryeddington** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 9:17 pm

ya can take dem zinks off and swollow them some people tink zink is a guud way to void colds.