My rudder was in such bad shape that it was about to fall off of the
stock. |
| I was in a bind for time so I simply chopped my rudder apart,
removed the stock, and sent it to Port Gardner to have a new rudder built
around it ($150 less than a complete new rudder). |
As best I remember, the
stock goes only about 18 inches into the rudder. The stock is flattened
and bent to about a 30 degree angle about 8 inches from the bottom of the
stock. |
The construction process was to position the stock into one side o
f the shell and glass it to the shell down below that 30 degree bend area.
Then the halves were mated. Then it was filled with foam. Then the top was
glassed on. Picture
by Stephen H. |
| Then the entire rudder was sprayed with gelcoat. There is no
steel in the bottom half of the rudder. |
