You may also want to check your emergency tiller: Mine does not fit the rudder post and will need to be sanded down a bit. Better figure out things now! About the water near your rudder: make sure that the water you see is not simply due to condensation: I get a lot of that in mine... so much so that I will put some insulation under our new mattress. The old one got eaten away by mildew that formed due to condensation. There were time when we could actualy squeeze water out of the foam!