I friend of mine took his rudder home over the winter, cut a skin off, scooped all the rotten foam out, refilled it with an epoxy-microballon mix, and glued the skin back on. YMMV, no idea if this is the best way, but it was cheap. Also someone famously made an all-stainless rudder.
Joe Coquina From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of John Pennie via CnC-List Sent: Friday, March 18, 2016 2:22 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: John Pennie Subject: Re: Stus-List Rudder replacement When I was working with Rob on the 51, he freely admitted that rudder design back then was more art than science. That's not to say slap anything on but I wouldn't feel obliged to duplicate your existing rudder to perfection if the mold isn't available. On the post and structure inside the rudder you really won't know until the skins are removed and you get to see it. Hopefully all is fine but given your comments... Who knows, maybe you get to have the fun of deciding on a stainless vs. Carbon post! Is there a local designer you can speak with or a yard that frequently handles such work? Good luck and sorry to hear of the problem. John Sent from my iPad On Mar 18, 2016, at 1:30 PM, Brian Fry via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: Rudder is in need of major repair. Got a quote for a replacement for less than a repair, but not an exact copy (they don't have a mold). Also 2/3 the cost of having a mold made and then a replacement made from that. I had drilled a dozen holes to drain water over the winter to avoid freeze expansion causing more damage. Found many of the holes drilled had just voids behind them, no foam, others had a gritty white material that was saturated with water. Saw pictures here and elsewhere of same rudder repair needed. Message: 2 Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 12:21:42 -0400 From: John Pennie <j...@svpaws.net<mailto:j...@svpaws.net>> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Rudder replacement Message-ID: <2c82d7c8-8e02-4d7f-aec5-d405a536d...@svpaws.net<mailto:2c82d7c8-8e02-4d7f-aec5-d405a536d...@svpaws.net>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I seriously considered this on my 51. Even had Rob design the new rudder. In the end I decided that I couldn't justify the cost. Why are you looking to change? John _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com<mailto:CnC-List@cnc-list.com> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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