Today in addition to erecting the frame, which is nothing more than a ridge pole, in anticipation of covering everything up for nap time I sanded the edges and radius and added another couple coats of epoxy to the skeg just to make sure everything is impervious to osmosis. Funny thing, you can stand and stare at something and never see the bigger issue. Reviewing the second photo it became obvious why in blazes the new rudder proved such an interesting project. Notice how the rudder tube is actually biased to port. Good reason to take many photos I guess. That explains the bind that required this slight modification. Huh, must have been a Monday morning boat. Anyway, if you decide on a new rudder get ready for a little additional work as Oday while a great boat was first and foremost a production boat that would, I suspect, hold true for many other boats from this era. Part of the fun for me is discovering the idiosyncracies which make each boat unique.