Drill a few more drain holes top middle bottom and let it drain and dry out inside. When dry fill holes with thickened epoxy fair and barrier coat. Pay careful attention to cleaning out the gap around the rudder post. Dental tools work good for that. Let it dry and reseal with thickened epoxy. Tapping with a small hammer may give you an idea where water is trapped. A dull thud might mean water.
On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 9:45 AM Brian Davis via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Good morning everyone! Happy New Year! > > I've spent the last 2 weeks totally sanding Nina's bottom down to the gel > coat in prep for a new paint job using The Black Widow from Pettit. > > I came across some issues with the rudder yesterday and was wondering if > any of you have fixed similar. After sand it down too, I could tell there > was some glass and bondo work done on the trailing edge. I Dremeled out the > spots and have a great marine epoxy to fill since they aren't deep. > > However, there was water dripping from a hole or shaft of sorts on the > underside near the leading edge about a few inches back. I inserted a dowel > stick about 5" up and it seems solid. So drilled a hole where a previous > hole was on the bottom face of the starboard side. About 3oz of water came > out. The yard lead tech suggest I pull the rudder and send to FossFoam near > Gainesville FL to rebuild it. They quoted $2,000 and said that they were > probably the original manufacturer. > > Would love to hear your thoughts and experiences. Here is a link to some > pics. > > Regards, > Brian > 1980 Landfall 38SL > > > > https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1kFXgarL4apwcKsr6cjQxp41_qsU12Kcw > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks > - Stu -- Sent from Gmail Mobile
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
