My boat is out of the water for bottom paint, inspection and repair as necessary. The rudder was found to be cracked at the top, forward end extending down for about 6" and across the top extending back about 6". Yesterday I trimmed out all the damaged area, cut back under the fiberglas skin as far as I could. Then I refilled the area with epoxy resin, milled fiber and 1/4"chopped fiber. All this 'stuff' was retained by using a piece of stiff plastic to wrap around the front of the rudder and make a mold. My question is, the interior that I had access to appears to be a mix of resin and colloidal silica. I had assumed that the interior would be a foam core. Does anyone know how the rudder was built? My repair will be stronger that the original, but I am curious about the construction.
S2 9.2A Rudder Repair
- Thread starter Bob McKee
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Woodster: I didn't need to cut so far down or aft that I uncovered the times.
BobM: Same answer, the area I cut was only around the Stainless Steel rudder post, slightly towards the rear of the rudder and the fiberglas skin top of the rudder aft about 6". Everything I saw looked like resin and filler that I assumed was colloidal silica. No foam, degraded or otherwise.
BobM: Same answer, the area I cut was only around the Stainless Steel rudder post, slightly towards the rear of the rudder and the fiberglas skin top of the rudder aft about 6". Everything I saw looked like resin and filler that I assumed was colloidal silica. No foam, degraded or otherwise.
thanks Bob i think i am going in mine a little deeper as i have rust running out the bottom where i put a weep hole to let it dry out i will try to take som pics if i do this