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Originally Posted by RaymondR
It's not a structural problem, it's only fairing to give the rudder shape and can be easily repaired with epoxy and glass fibre.
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I share that opinion.
Further more, my
sloop very substantial fiberglass rudder showed serious
water intrusion and
delamination. I had it remade around the original
Stainless steel shaft. It is a nice welded all 316L stainless steel that may double as a reserve
fuel storage(never used it for that function ... yet. 2 round anodes are bolted, but, seems to be unchanged since installed. No corrosion galvanic or otherwise since the last 10 years. My only problem was a
surveyor that wrote that he found some humidity into the laminate...


By the way, The rudder is completly coverd with Interprotect(6 coats) .