Rudder repair

[Troppo]

Just put the rudder back on Windchaser. Helping a guy fix his boat on the slip and when he went back in the water, he helped me get Windchaser up for a half hour to fit the rudder.

The rudder has been epoxy coated (several layers) all over but especially the edges. Then it was covered with dynel cloth, built up with quite a few layers of fairing compound and coated with four coats of epoxy. Finally undercoated and antifouled. Should be ok.

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Sanding with the fairing took forever. I used a long metal ruler to mark where the rudder touched the ruler and so cross hatching showed me where the higher spots were for sanding.

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Nicely coated with antifoul and ready to go back on.

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[RodM]

Brilliant work Troppo, a labour of love & necessity. Now you can sleep easy & there'lll be other TH owners anxiously looking at the rudder next time their boat's out of the water.. Well done! RodM

[Troppo]

Thank you Rod. Sleep easy it is, took extra care with the repair but am happy now.

[frank]

It's so great that you folks put this information on here .When I finally get my Toppie I think I'll have it at work here for months before I relaunch., as I will strip it back to bare bones and repair and refit everything as I love working on boats. cheers