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Same as Carl/Adam (asant2), very near the top, but still inside the
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fiberglass. Bronze rudder post. 1965, rare west coast WD Schock build (#93). Happened just about several years ago now. Twisting force is concentrated there. Went in to the rocks, then got towed by Tow Boat US (thankfully not a super blustery day where I was getting pounded) to a small yard that sent the rudder to Svendon's (a large and well known place out here that works on boats, small and large). One more pintle and gudgeon would be most welcome, as Carl wrote about. If I were far from anywhere, that would keep the rudder from completely falling out, and help reduce how much of the force is on the shaft. I understand that even well built boats from that era start to fail about now, but different boats tend to fail in different places. The Pearsons from the same era that club has deliminate and one side of fiberglass comes free or falls off. Their rudders are much better supported tho so they aren't failing at that point near the top. I've seen hardwood cored rudders that swell up and split the fiberglass. Probably the fiberglass at the largest stress point slowly pulls free of the shaft allowing water intrusion. There's another S&S design at the marina, a Columbia 29 mkII, that got some interesting retrofits and looks like she's sailed a million miles, that was converted to a transom hung rudder. If I ever have to deal with this again, I'm thinking I'd like to do something like that. Cheers, -scott On 11/18/23, Carl Damm <cfdamm@...> wrote:
Our rudder failed at the same point as Adam's. Where the bent shaft is |
