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Hi Blu,

Welcome.? There's a FB group too.? You might read through there for
someone posting having a salvage rudder if nothing comes up here.? I
don't log on there very often so I can't see if there was anything
recent.? I've read reports of bronze failing at this age and my own
rudder stock collapsed a few years back early on in owning this boat
(west coast built #93).? Local yard I got towed in to sent it out to
Svenden's Bay Marine in Richmond CA who cut off the top corner from
one side and then what happened inside there, I don't know.? Repair
including removal and re-installation was about $2,500.? Quality and
cost of work varies greatly from place to place.

It doesn't solve the problem of lifting the boat to slide the rudder
and rudder shaft in, but local welding shops do stuff vastly cheaper
than marine outfits.? Pics would help.? A local welding shop might be
willing and able to weld new stock on at some point but cutting open
the fiberglass and getting new, good stock well in to the body of the
rudder seems like a good idea.? Just make sure to fill with polyester
foam and do a good fiberglass repair with a wide taper as I'm led to
understand that the fiberglass body of the rudder is a major part of
the structure.? If stuff is waterlogged inside the rudder, you have
more of a rebuild project.

A few thoughts in case they help.

Cheers,
-scott


On 1/27/22, B P <blurise2@...> wrote:
> Hello,
> I am rather new to this group, 74' T27 owner.
> I am hoping there is anyone here who may have info, or experience with
> a broken rudder shaft on a T27 ??? The rudder is off the boat, and the
> shaft is split in half.
> Possibly anyone out here who may have done a similar repair???
>
> I thank you in advance!
> Blu
>