Philip Teevee The rudder has a large metal 'A' frame inside the core with three bars running fore and aft. There is one bar at the top, one in the middle and one at the bottom, then the rudder was encapsulated in fibreglass. It's not buoyant with all of the weight inside and out
Being made of wood, wouldn't it float and put the vertical bearing forces upwards at the top bearing, rather than downwards at the bottom bearing?
Philip Teevee The rudder has a large metal 'A' frame inside the core with three bars running fore and aft. There is one bar at the top, one in the middle and one at the bottom, then the rudder was encapsulated in fibreglass. It's not buoyant with all of the weight inside and out