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Many rudders are fiberglass around a steel or aluminum stock with a "web" framework that is welded to the stock and that the fiberglass is laminated over. A big problem on many rudders is that they aren't sealed properly and water gets in and causes the rudder stock or webbing to corrode and fail.
Most fiberglass rudders aren't solid fiberglass, but foam or wood cored, and you need to know if the core is delaminating or rotting before you try to repair the rudder. If it is, then repairing the rudder is probably a waste of time and materials unless you re-build it completely.
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Sailingdog
Telstar 28
New England
You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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