Thank very much! That's helpful. I shall study this a bit more but it's approximately what I am planning to do. How did you deal thje rudder stock?
On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 7:17 PM, Patrick Davin <jda...@gmail.com> wrote: > When the yard did this for me last year, they just used a ~3" hole saw and > aimed for a couple inches aft of the rudder stock. You don't really need a > diagram because you know where the rudder stock is, and with a small amount > of luck will find it on the first try. Do the hole on the upper 1/3 of the > rudder, since you don't know how far down the stock extends, but know it's > surely present in the upper third. > If you're a half inch away from the weld and can't quite see it, you can > go digging in the foam with a screwdriver. > > It turns out I didn't put pictures of it in my blog post (but there is > some discussion of related items, so may still be of interest): https:// > svviolethour.com/2016/05/03/this-years-haul-out-dropping-the-rudder/ > > I have plenty of pictures though, I can drop a few in a shared folder: > https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BxfHpwssU_ > 6NSnFycEtiVW9lTDg?usp=sharing > > The lower hole was drilled to probe a void we found where the skin had > delaminated from the foam. The later pictures show the work the fiberglass > guy did filling the holes, void, and resealing around the stock. > > -Patrick > 1984 C&C LF38 > > On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 3:20 PM, <cnc-list-requ...@cnc-list.com> wrote: > >> From: David Paine <paineda...@gmail.com> >> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com >> Cc: >> Bcc: >> Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 18:18:50 -0400 >> Subject: Stus-List internal rudder structure? >> I know that my rudder leaks and, every year I drill a drain hole to empty >> it. Rusty water comes out. Of course I will do my best to seal the >> rudder post where it enters the rudder but I am toying with the idea of >> cutting into my C&C 33-I's rudder to examine the state of the weld that >> holds the internal stainless steel "fin" to the rudder post. I have a >> vague idea of what it looks like, but I'd like to minimize the size of the >> window that I cut into the rudder skin to examine the weld. This means >> that a dimensional diagram that shows the stainless steel internal >> structure of the rudder would be ... most excellent! Does anyone on the >> list have such a diagram? >> >> Best, >> >> David >> > > >
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