t The finish on my plates is flakeing too. I tried some paint last year but it did not seem to work well. What do you mean by 'powder cost'? I bought a HDPE rudder from IdaSailor and had them make it a couple inches longer. It seems to work well.
Bob M15 #208 San Francisco area > > Rick, I can't think why repositioning the bungee hole a bit would be a > problem. Guess I'd try to make it close, and make sure the position of > the bungee didn't interfer with anything going on inside the rudder > plates re: kick-up. > > The plates on our M15 are bubbly in a couple places too. If I was going > to re-do mine, I'd powder coat it. t > > > > > Tom Smith & Jane Van Winkle > Fairfield, WA > M15-345 Chukar > M17-064 Unnamed > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > m] On Behalf Of Rick Langer > Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 1:35 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: M_Boats: M15 Rudder Rebuild > > After 19 years of use, the rudder on my boat really shows its age. It > had two large gouges on the port side filled with bondo by a PO. I > figure it had a collision with a prop even though the damage doesn't > line up with the prop that came with the boat. I inlaid some pieces of > mahogany, which looks like a repair, but a nice one. The bottom of the > rudder was really chewed up and punky. I trimmed off 1/2" and after > sanding and fairing the entire rudder I coated it with epoxy and a > fiberglass cloth foot at the bottom to prevent damage at a point that > gets a lot of hard use. > > Now for the questions. Has anyone refinished the aluminum rudder > plates? > The plates on my boat, original color black, developed corrosion under > the bolts and pintles which lifted the paint. I don't know what paint > would be the best to rehab the surface. > > The hole in the tiller for the helper shock cord has a lot of tearout on > one side. Probably someone trying to enlarge the hole the quick way. > My question, is the position of the hole sacred? I was thinking of > filling it and drilling a new hole say a inch forward. > > Thanks, > Rick Langer > M15 #337 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
