Rick, Thanks for the info. That makes perfect sense. The surveyor said the lower gudgeon was leaking. When I get it down I'll open it up and put a heat lamp on it. Things like this make me thankful to have a 25. What a bigger pain it'd be if I had to deal with a foam cored rudder with a rusted post.
Do I seal the gudgeon with silicone, or is there a fitting that needs to be replaced? Thanks a lot, Mark McMenamy C&C 25 "Icicle" Fort Pierce FL > On Mar 1, 2016, at 5:52 PM, Rick Taillieu via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Hi Mark, > > The rudder on the 25 is pretty simple. Two fibreglass shells bonded > together with plywood bonded inside the top third. > The plywood ends about 1" below the bottom gudgeon fitting, from there to > the bottom it is hollow. > There should be a small hole at the bottom of the ruder and another at the > base of the "L" in the front of the rudder where the balance part extends > under the hull. > The hollow part is designed to fill with water so it is important to keep > these holes open. > It sounds like the plywood has absorbed some water over the years and has > slightly swelled, cracking the aft joint. > Ideally you should take off the rudder and store it inside in a heated room > and open up the aft seam to expose the plywood to allow it to dry out. > After the plywood has dried out you can fill the seam to reseal it. > The wood probably absorbed water from the lower gudgeon mounting holes so > re-seal them too. > Pouring some acetone into the crack when you're drying out the rudder may > help to draw out some of the moisture from the plywood, just keep open flame > away. > You should be OK as is for your trip down the ICW since you will be motoring > all the way. > > > Rick Taillieu > Nemesis > '75 C&C 25 #371 > Shearwater Yacht Club > Halifax, NS. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Mark > McMenamy via CnC-List > Sent: February-29-16 21:27 > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: Mark McMenamy > Subject: Stus-List Rudder crack C&C 25 > > Hello everyone, > > I have a crack on the aft portion of the rudder where the two halves are > joined. From what I can see, It is above the waterline. Recently I had a > survey done and the moisture meter said there was some dampness behind the > crack. Also, there are three or four dime sized blisters below the > waterline. The rudder does not seem to be weeping when removed from the > water. The surveyor said the rudder was serviceable but that I'd need to > fix it in the future. Any ideas on how to repair my rudder? I saw an > article online on how to fix rudder cracks on the side, but I'm not quite > sure how to fix the aft joint. Also, the boat is in St Augustine and I need > to move it to Fort Pierce. I'm planning on motoring down the ICW in a > couple weeks. I'd rather take care of it when I get the boat to it's new > home. But I'm curious if you think I should take care of it before I leave. > > Thanks a lot, > > > Mark McMenamy > C&C 25 "Icicle" > Fort Pierce FL > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > 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 > _______________________________________________ Email address: 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
