Do you mean what was done around the rudder stock to prevent water intrusion?
One suggestion I had from a surveyor was to just dremel out a small bevel around it and inject a flexible epoxy like GFlex. That would be the quick-and-dirty DIY fix. But since I was already paying a fiberglasser (to repair the void, and because I'm not skilled enough or motivated enough to do that kind of fiberglass work myself yet), he did it his way, which was probably better. I don't have all the specifics but I believe what he did was ground off the paint + fiberglass from the top edge of the rudder and then relaid fiberglass over the top edge and around the stock. You can kind of see that in the last two pictures. -Patrick On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 4:22 PM, David Paine <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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_6NSnFycEti >> VW9lTDg?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, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> From: David Paine <[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> 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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