Hello,

my Parker 31 has a replacement rudderblade. The original was broken and partly lost by the former owner during a trip to Denmark. A local shipwright made an approximate replacement in bankirai and on his return, the skipper laminated it with glassfiber cloth.
From year 1 of ownership, I have been battling with ingress of water through small cracks. In, turn the wood swells, enlarging the cracks even more and even warps the blade. It was particularly bad this year because of the extremely hot weather.
So, I'm making or -having made- a new blade. Has anyone +- exact dimensions of a Parker 31 rudder blade?
Otherwise, has anyone a blade for sale? I don't know if the 325/335 models have the same blade.

Thank you for any information,
Willie

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Hi Willie,

You can find some basic but interesting dimensions and drawings of the rudder into the Parker31 Manual scan in the tech-reference  part of the website.

I don't know if mine is the original one and I'm not sure that every boat have same dimensions.
(For exemple I found on the web a draught of 1,82 meters for the Parker31. Mine have a 2,05 meters draught ! (and 0,68 meters with keel inside) (maybe a test for the number 2 ? or a special demand of the first owner of that one ? (racing ?))

Jean-Philippe.

Thank you, it is helpful. I've got the original manual, but this page looks slightly different.
Kind regards,
Willie

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