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Just out of curiosity: Why not rebuild it in the same method as original? 
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- 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?
- Yes, from the prop aperture it's one continuous piece, Tom
- I see. Mine is two piece so I assumed...
- Here's a composite rudder built for an 80' wooden boat.
- Something nagged at me about the plywood rudder, and it just occured to me Paul.
- Remember, it will be sheathed in fiberglass
- Just out of curiosity: Why not rebuild it in the same method as original?
- True. There's so many things going on.
- Just out of curiosity: Why not rebuild it in the same method as original?
- Remember, it will be sheathed in fiberglass
- Fiberglass shell, metal stock = problems
- Something nagged at me about the plywood rudder, and it just occured to me Paul.
- Here's a composite rudder built for an 80' wooden boat.
- I see. Mine is two piece so I assumed...
- Yes, from the prop aperture it's one continuous piece, Tom
- 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
