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Old 28-08-2015, 16:18   #1
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Lightbulb Seawind 1000 rudder corrosion

Slipped our Seawind 1000 last week and found considerable rudder corrosion which was not there when slipped 12 months ago.
1. Is this to be expected after 15 years?
2. Just wondering if corrosion could be due to stainless steel boots sicaflexed onto bottom half of keels when slipped previously?
3. If so how does the electrolysis complete the circuit in a glass boat as keel boots are not connected by metal to any other metal or rudder assembly?
4. If so, do boots have to come off or will an anode on rudder shafts solve the problem and it is just the Manly Qld Australia harbour berth water chemicals?
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Old 28-08-2015, 16:24   #2
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Here is the main pic of rudder corrosion which did not upload previously
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Old 28-08-2015, 19:10   #3
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Re: Seawind 1000 rudder corrosion

Looks excessive as to point nmbr 3. Theres almost always an electrical field around your boat. Even not hooked to dock power you should have .8 to.9 volts
Around your boat. We have had some older cats and never seen that much corrosion on the rudder. 2 had hollow stainless tubes current one is solid shafts

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Old 28-08-2015, 19:48   #4
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Re: Seawind 1000 rudder corrosion

I've never seen any corrosion on mine. Twelve year old boat. Have you posted on the scoaa forum to see if any other owners have experienced. My guess is that stray currents in the marina caused this.
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Old 29-08-2015, 14:20   #5
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Re: Seawind 1000 rudder corrosion

Was the boat connected to shore power?
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Re: Seawind 1000 rudder corrosion

I have just joined this forum - to make some suggestions
Have worked in swimming pool industry for many years dealing with stainless steel parts and corrosion.
Stainless steel is only stainless when i has access to oxygen. The oxygen reacts with the metal additives (molybdenum I believe) to create a protective film which prevents further corrosion. If this film is scratched, the protective coating reforms.
Without oxygen, the material can erode. This is sometimes called crevice corrosion. It is particularly prevalent with $304 and lesser grades of stainless steel. #316 does not appear to have this problem.
When we fit round O rings to stainless parts, the narrow space between the O ring and flat stainless steel surface becomes de-oxygenated, causing corrosion where the o ring touches the stainless. The trick here is to use square section O rings.
When the stainless was covered with sikaflex, it may have created a region deficient in oxygen.
I hope this helps
The corrosion occurs within the metal, and does not require stray electrical current or disimilar metals to form. From metallurgical viewpoint, the dissimilar metals may be the protected shiny surface, and the unprotected corroded surface. The corrosion occurs within the metal part, and not to an external component.
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Old 29-08-2015, 19:45   #7
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Re: Seawind 1000 rudder corrosion

I would like to relate an case where we laid several kilometres of new 316 stainless cable underwater in the waterway at Kawana on the sunshine coast. The cable lasted 6 weeks before dissolving. The subsequent investigation by engineers found that the cause low oxygen levels and high salinity in the water at certain points. These levels were created by poor water movement, basicly the sea water was not flowing in and out with the tide to be changed. It is possible that the water flow at your mooring is not moving enough to clean it.
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Old 30-08-2015, 05:17   #9
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Only connected to shore power once a week for an hour at most
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Yes I take your point thanks Desdestiny and Alan 52 as have had a bit to do with stainless steel hot water tanks, but doesn't explain the rudder stock corrosion in the pic, which I meant to post first
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Re: Seawind 1000 rudder corrosion

The corrosion could be a "green wire" problem, even if you are
plugged into shore power for only a short period. The problem can
be in the dock wiring or aboard another boat in the marina.

A defective battery charger aboard your boat can also cause problems.

Does the boat have a galvanic isolater in the ground (green) shore power
circuit?

Is the rudder stock (or support bearing or steering gear) bonded to the general boat grounding system (usually the engine block + prop shaft.)

The various comments regarding a possible lack of oxygen supply to the rudder stock also have merit. Is there sufficient water flow over the metal, or is the corroded portion of the rudder stock sealed off from water flow by a plastic fairing washer or equivalent?
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Re: Seawind 1000 rudder corrosion

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The corrosion could be a "green wire" problem, even if you are
plugged into shore power for only a short period. The problem can
be in the dock wiring or aboard another boat in the marina.

A defective battery charger aboard your boat can also cause problems.

Does the boat have a galvanic isolater in the ground (green) shore power
circuit?

Is the rudder stock (or support bearing or steering gear) bonded to the general boat grounding system (usually the engine block + prop shaft.)

The various comments regarding a possible lack of oxygen supply to the rudder stock also have merit. Is there sufficient water flow over the metal, or is the corroded portion of the rudder stock sealed off from water flow by a plastic fairing washer or equivalent?
Just to provide some info, as I have the same model boat. Not sure if Phalo has a shore power system. I do, with a galvanic isolator, and have not experienced any problems. The rudder shafts are fully exposed, but not bonded to anything. The boat has dual outboard motors, and normally left pulled up clear of the water. The only other metal exposed to water in my boat is the air conditioner.
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Re: Seawind 1000 rudder corrosion

You might be onto something there Ex-12m-Guy as the berth adjacent to us has changed boats and has shore power connected all the time.

One of our outboards just touches the water when raised and shows considerable corrosion for a one year old outboard.

Sailjumani has clarified the shore power issue and our boat is not set up for shore power and is only connected by extension cord to vacuum or run a laptop. Batteries are charged by two 130W Kyocera panels and the outboards. Not sure if relevant but the 15 year old Kyocera panels were replaced under warranty a year ago and they (and outboards) are the only DC generators.
Do I understand correctly corrosion is linked with DC power only?
Don't know the scoaa forum but will look into it
She does leave the marina every week for 3 or 4 days sailing which would give flow over rudder and keels.

So it's starting to look like a marina berth issue and will have to find what the power is connected to in next berth but not sure what i can do about it unless i can save them from the same corrosion problem
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