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In Response To: Rudder Project ()
() Here it is all disassembled. The bronze bolts are in surprisingly good condition. The drifts holding the trailing edge planks in place are showing some wear at the joints. The mahogany is in very poor condition. It no longer has much structural integrity and is seriously waterlogged. In the background is a pattern made prior to pulling things apart.
Messages In This Thread
- Rudder Project
- Back in the shop
- (AKA Old Curmudgeon) There is nothing wrong with that rudder!
Throw it back in! 
- THink about adding a bit more body down low?
- I should give that some more thought, Westie
- That's a good thought. Rudder design put more surface down low about then.
- Ericson 35
- That doesn't look like an Ericson 35.......
- The rudder in that pic is more like the one I ended up building for the 32'.
- Paul, how does the rudder stock attach to the rest of the steering?
- The shaft continues 30" beyond the top of the rudder
- What is the joint that attaches the rudder stock to the shaft above?
- Oh, maybe it's one piece all the way through?
- What is the joint that attaches the rudder stock to the shaft above?
- The shaft continues 30" beyond the top of the rudder
- Ericson 35
- That's a good thought. Rudder design put more surface down low about then.
- I should give that some more thought, Westie
- Rudder Replacement
- Back in the shop
