Hi Brian...I replaced my rudder in 2018 after years of bringing it home over the winter to let it drain out of the rudder-shaft connection. I gave up and had Competition Composites (cci.one) in Ontario repair it. Their computer scanned the rudder, removed the fiberglass and foam confirming that the SS post was in good shape (because of the black/brown tarry ooze that came out of the rudder I was relieved), then they scanned the shaft. After cleaning it all up they used a CNC milling machine to cut two halves of hard Divinycell foam - inside and outside - then packed with epoxy. The outside was covered in 2 layers of fiberglass mat, vacuum bagged, then faired and primed. Some pics: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0Bz49si3Z0GdDd2sxVXNHV1Iwc0E?resourcekey=0-mxt2XK3szmOGKjPR91NARA&usp=sharing They have a video of the process on the website. Cost was about 3k but the exchange rate US to CDN was quite favorable. Shipping was not cheep...a crate cost about $100 and was very well made. Rudder weight dropped in half....from 325 to 150 lbs...much easier to reinstall! Brian....if your boat is outside in the frozen tundra you can be sure it won't just get better. I had the yard use G-Flex on the shaft to rudder joint...water still got in. So, not a matter of IF but WHEN. For me...I was done removing the rudder each fall and taking it home so it would not freeze. The new rudder is solid peace of mind. Good Luck!! Spencer Johnson84 LF38 "Alegria" #165Racine, WI / Waukegan, IL
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