Good morning everyone! Happy New Year! I've spent the last 2 weeks totally sanding Nina's bottom down to the gel coat in prep for a new paint job using The Black Widow from Pettit.
I came across some issues with the rudder yesterday and was wondering if any of you have fixed similar. After sand it down too, I could tell there was some glass and bondo work done on the trailing edge. I Dremeled out the spots and have a great marine epoxy to fill since they aren't deep. However, there was water dripping from a hole or shaft of sorts on the underside near the leading edge about a few inches back. I inserted a dowel stick about 5" up and it seems solid. So drilled a hole where a previous hole was on the bottom face of the starboard side. About 3oz of water came out. The yard lead tech suggest I pull the rudder and send to FossFoam near Gainesville FL to rebuild it. They quoted $2,000 and said that they were probably the original manufacturer. Would love to hear your thoughts and experiences. Here is a link to some pics. Regards, Brian 1980 Landfall 38SL https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1kFXgarL4apwcKsr6cjQxp41_qsU12Kcw
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