Bruno — you could also check with Foss Foam in Florida: http://newrudders.com/
Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( On Jan 11, 2015, at 5:37 PM, Bruno Lachance via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > thanks everyone for the inputs. > > Allan, nice to hear from you, hope you're doing well. > > I have checked both Southshore and CCI about replacement, Southshore sells > the "original" rudder for 4500$ like said Francois, and CCI can make a new > blade for 3000$ if you send your post, would be more with a new SS post or > carbon is offered two. > > I could but will not this job myself, we have a very good guy around that > does composite repairs and custom fabrication, I have no doubt the new rudder > will be very well made, better than new in fact, and reliable and a lot > cheaper...But since I race the boat I want to be sure the profile is right so > I want to have the right numbers to give to the builder. > > with no mold and with both sides profiles altered, he will probably have to > shape a foam core and laminate over, the key will be to have the core right > to minimize the fairing and keep the weight down. The actual one is so > heavy... Probably wet and with a lot of putty from previous "repairs". > > I might even ask CCI if they could just sell a CNC milled foam core in two > pieces that I could put together minimizing the shaping effort and trouble to > get it right. That seems to there construction technique. > > it was interesting to see the file with the sketch of the 37+ rudder. It > looks like the profile goes tapered from 15% at the top to 11% at the tip. > it makes sense and I will check mine to see if I can find the same variation. > I would love to have an elliptical shape if I wasn't worry it would affect my > rating... > > I will check with the museum to buy the plans and hope to find answers. > > thanks. > > Bruno
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