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23-2 Rudder Question

EnviroGirl

Junior Member
The above picture is before she went in the water this season when my uncle, the boat’s previous, owner said that the crack was there 20 years ago when he got the boat.
 

Loren Beach

O34 - Portland, OR
Senior Moderator
Blogs Author
I am only an amateur at glass work, but I would just spend a couple days glassing over the rudder to be sure that the fore n aft parts do not seek a divorce. Well, maybe an extra day to two to dry it out and then grind back the wood on each side a ways.
When done, paint the whole thing with blue to try to match the hull color. Use something easy like a one-part epoxy paint.
I corrected the thread title also, and hope that you do not mind.
 

EnviroGirl

Junior Member
I am only an amateur at glass work, but I would just spend a couple days glassing over the rudder to be sure that the fore n aft parts do not seek a divorce. Well, maybe an extra day to two to dry it out and then grind back the wood on each side a ways.
When done, paint the whole thing with blue to try to match the hull color. Use something easy like a one-part epoxy paint.
I corrected the thread title also, and hope that you do not mind.
Thank you for the correction. I can’t even figure out how to edit my own response.
 

EnviroGirl

Junior Member
I am only an amateur at glass work, but I would just spend a couple days glassing over the rudder to be sure that the fore n aft parts do not seek a divorce. Well, maybe an extra day to two to dry it out and then grind back the wood on each side a ways.
When done, paint the whole thing with blue to try to match the hull color. Use something easy like a one-part epoxy paint.
I corrected the thread title also, and hope that you do not mind.
The kids and I went for a swim behind the boat Saturday and noticed half our rudder had fallen off. (They have already divorced one another.) We are either looking for a salvaged rudder from a derelict 23-2 or will have to have a new rudder fabricated.
 

Christian Williams

E381 - Los Angeles
Senior Moderator
Blogs Author
Looks like a replacement would be easy to make by any carpenter or handyman, if you're not inclined to do it yourself. You have the hardware.

It may be that the original rudder was made of two boards of teak, and that the joint failed. I would keep a wooden rudder out of the water, except when sailing.

Take what's left of it to a woodworker, with the picture of the original. I'd probably consider marine plywood, covered as Loren says with layers of fiberglass.
 

Mark F

Contributing Partner
Blogs Author
I think Christian’s point about two boards is probably right. That crack is a suspiciously straight line. It would be an easy repair for a carpenter/handyman.
 

Loren Beach

O34 - Portland, OR
Senior Moderator
Blogs Author
You can use what is left to build a better one as long as the post is good!
Just to clarify, with a transom-hung rudder there is no "post." The pintles and gudgeons are the support means for the blade.
 
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