REBUILDING OUR RUDDER | SAILING WICKED 10

It's time to fix our rudder and we've been researching different repair methods since we dropped the rudder a few months ago.
The Rudder on our 43 Oceanis is a spade rudder that has a stainless steel framework throughout.
I was happy to find this out as we’ve encountered another broken rudder repair on the yard that had no framework and just a post running down through the rudder. When that bond fails between the post and the rudder the post can constantly spin inside the rudder causing the rudder not to move or respond to turning the helm or tiller.
When wicked was beached in a Hurricane the bottom part of the rudder broke of a had a crack that ran vertically up the side. The foam inside was exposed to ocean water and the layers of glass were delaminated. Sitting in the water for 3 years after incident didn’t help. The damage and delimitation got worse and sea life made a home inside of the rudder.
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After months of "couch sailing" on UA-cam we decided it was time to stop dreaming and dream and start living it. Brit has wanted to sail and own boat for many years but it was always something that didn't seem it could possible for us. Until we stumbled across countless and I mean countless UA-cam Channels like, La Vagabonde, Beau & Brandy, Sailing Uma, SV Delos, Parlay Revival, Tula's Endless Summer, Odd Life Crafting, Expedition Evans and the list goes on. We can only hope to inspire one person to chase their dreams as they have inspired us to.
After what seemed like a long search for a sailboat we learned about hurricane damaged boats for auction down in the Caribbean. We came across a listing for a 43 Beneteau Oceanis that was currently being auctioned. We put in our bid and got out bid a few times before finally winning in the end. We had a short window to get from California to St. Thomas USVI to secure our purchase.
Now the fun begins! It is time to refit this hurricane damaged sailboat make her our own.
Thanks for watching!
Matty, Brit & Wicked :)

[@sailingwicked]

If you want it to RAIN, PAINT your boat.......

[@rickylefleur2158]

Great skills on the Rudder repair.

[@sailingwicked]

Thanks!

[@ericd7975]

Really interested in your project. Would like more detail on all the projects you do. Don’t be afraid to show more as it genuinely interesting and very educational. Enjoy. Great work akk

[@sailingwicked]

Hey Eric! At the time of filming we weren’t sure if we were going to do a UA-cam channel. So we were filming more or less for our memories. Also half the time we had no clue what we getting ourselves into hahaha. But! Now that we’ve started a channel our current projects that are being filmed have quite a bit more info and boy are there PROJECTS! Anyway thanks for being here and we’ll make a bigger effort to show more 😃

[@11Brownin]

I can see the love you guys have for ‘Wicked’ ⛵️

[@sailingwicked]

Putting everything we got into her 😃

[@jimr6281]

Hi - do you know why the first paint job failed? If I missed it, my apologies! Thanks!

[@sailingwicked]

We aren’t quite sure why. We used petit paint followed instructions used hardener suggested and reducer. Spoke to some professionals on the yard and they had never used petit and suggested we use AWL Grip. The Awl Grip came out amazing. Coat was nice and cured by the next day. FYI we painted outside during hurricane season.

[@jimr6281]

@@sailingwicked Thanks for the response! Too bad about the Petit, but glad the AWL Grip worked out well for you. I have it on the hull of my Pearson 36. The paint job is 10 years old but still looks great!