The diver stated that the boat was sitting up right in the silt on the bottom up to the water line. I asked if it was possible to find the rudder and he stated that it would be almost impossible due to the depth of the silt on the bottom, locals say its close to 10 feet thick.Diver should be able to find the rudder pretty quickly..
You can probably install a tube on the rudder shaft ..
Tiller steered? Not familiar with S2 rudder stuff, but it seems like a through bolt would be more appropriate than a pressed pin in that location. on wheel steered boats, the quadrant would be through bolted ..
Sorry to hear of the loss.. Repair shop should be liable to at least help with repairs..
My boat was a tiller version, so no steering quadrant to help hold the rudder in.The insurance company provided a third party surveyor, and the marina that may do the repairs is not the same as the one who repaired the rudder in June. As far as going after the marina that did the repairs my understanding is that if the insurance company pays me for the boat, i.e. a total loss, then they are the ones that can go after the marina. My wife and I have already started looking for a replacement boat, I was holding out hope that it could be repaired until it was taken out of the water and I was actually able to go on board and see the damage first hand.....I decided in about five minutes that I no longer wanted to keep the boat. I have crunched some numbers in my head and to repair the boat to the way it was will cost a lot more than it was insured for.my rudder has a bronze tiller arm that has a set screw in it that seats in a drilled dimple and key and keyway and is safety wired so it can not back out ...along with that the steering quadrant has 4 3/8 bolts that clamp the two halves together with a key and keyway i find it hard to have only a press pin being all that is holding the rudder in ....i think something was not done correctly/ or left off in the repair job....liability in my mind is for the repair people ....you may need to get a second opinion after all is said and done ...who provided the surveyor ? the repair yard i hope not you need and unbiased source here ....keep us posted to the findings and outcome plz...one other thing do you have tiller steering or wheel