Rudder update :) (Patreon)

There were some questions last weekend about the rudder stock 🙂 I've had a couple of cleaver people take a look at. I know enough to know that I don't know enough 😉

The conclusion was it would be silly to not reuse the old rudder stock. It needs to be pacified first but after that there should be no need to replace it.

Seeing as I've got the chance I've added some supports and beefed up the welds. Just to be clear Mr cement-boat-guy did the welding - he's got a couple of decades more experience welding stainless than I do 😉😉

Mr cement-boat-guy hard at work!

I've added these supports on both sides of the rudder stock.

So what's next? I'll drop off the rudder stock to have it pacified. Hopefully I'll be able to pick it up later this week 🤞 Meanwhile I need to do some experiments with the foaming epoxy I'll use as a core in the new rudder. Exciting times!

Have an awesome Monday guys 🙂