Can anyone confirm how the rudder is constructed, please? Is it a GRP skin around a foam core? I can hear some water in mine.

If anyone has the rudder off and could weigh it, I'd be interested in the comparison.

Anthony Russell
235/02 Sea Wyche

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Hi Anthony,

Can’t really help with the construction of the rudder. I had a problem last year; the boat lives in the water in the summer and I raise the keel when leaving the boat. I found that where the raised keel meets the transom it was ‘knocking’ and therefore had damaged the gelcoat. I don’t think there was any ingress of water and I repaired it during the winter. Could that account for water in the rudder – if there is any?


John
235/07 Diamond

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Hello John,

The gel coat on the tip of my rudder was damaged when I bought the boat, so that's probably where the water got in. I repaired it right away but I didn't check for water inside the rudder and I suppose I've just never noticed it before. I happened to hear it this week when I lifted the rudder near my ear while lubricating the stock. It didn't sound like much but, if there's a foam core, I wonder how much water it might have absorbed.



Anthony Russell
235/02 Sea Wyche

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