Welcome to the list , it a great place to be Look up sail life and boatworkstoday on YouTube Mine seems to be a steel shaft inside Hopefully that helps I’m new at boat I’m rebuilding mine Joel mk1 30
On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 10:24 PM Ian Tubby via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Evening Guys, > > New member here. I just bought a C&C 25 MK1 from an owner who frequented > this mailing list, who told me about this forum. What a great resource! I > searched the archives however and could not find the answer to the > questions I'm about to ask. Here goes. > > My transom hung rudder has a serious blister problem not helped by an old > leaky lower gudgeon. This leak was patched by the previous owner with Gflex > however the rudder was not opened for inspection or dried out. > > I'm away from the boat for the next week and I'd like to get ahead by > ordering what I need now to fix the rudder when I get back to the boat. I > haven't been able to find any diagrams or pictures of the rudder > construction on the 25 MK1. I've read that there is a piece of plywood > somewhere in the core and other posts that lead me to believe that below > the waterline portion is hollow, and that some have drain holes and some > don't. Does anyone have better information on the construction of this > rudder? > > I want to know because if I can safely rebuild the rudder out of some > polyurethane foam I will. I've had experience with this in the past > repairing another rudder damaged by grounding and it turned out extremely > strong and more rot resistant. But this was for a boat with a foam filled > rudder originally, so I don't know if the skeletal structure of the rudder > on the 25's would support this. > > Anyone have suggestions on what route to take? It'd be great if someone > having done this could go over what route they took. Or if foam is at all > advisable. I also don't want to upset the balance of the boat if the > original rudder structure with that hollow was an integral part of it. > > And I know that I could order a new rudder from South Shore Yachts, but > I'm guessing that's expensive. And ofcourse way less fun. > > Many Thanks, > > Ian Tubby > 1976 C&C 25 Mk1 "Icicle" > St. Petersburg, FL > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > > -- Joel Delamirande *www.jdroofing.ca <http://www.jdroofing.ca>*
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