Thanks Joel, I'm familiar with Sail Life. Mads has a lot of great info on his channel. As does BoatWorksToday.
I'm just wondering if the internal structure of the rudder would support foam as a rebuilding material. I guess I'll just wait until I can break the rudder open to see it for myself. Thanks Ian Tubby "Icicle" C&C 25 Mk1 St. Petersburg, FL ke 19. elok. 2020 klo 5.39 Joel Delamirande via CnC-List ( cnc-list@cnc-list.com) kirjoitti: > > 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>* > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > >
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