[Rhodes22-list] Curved Rudder | 84 Rhodes 22

[Peter Nyberg]

Not that I’m doubting Graham, but that seems extremely odd to me.  I can see that there might be reasons to use a metal core to add weight to the centerboard (in which case it might be more of a swing keel), but I don’t see why you would do that with a rudder.

I know this doesn’t help at all with the curved rudder issue, but I really have nothing useful to say on that topic.

Peter Nyberg
Coventry, CT
s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)


> On Dec 5, 2017, at 4:59 PM, Graham Stewart <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca> wrote:
> 
> Bob:
> It is hard to see the twist from the photo. Mine (1976) is made of a
> fibreglass shell with a metal (lead?) weight at the tip and some kind of
> fill inside. I found that there were a lot of large voids inside that I
> located by drilling holes and tapping. I filled what I could find with
> epoxy. 
>