Rudder Repair
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- Опубліковано 23 лют 2020
- Disclaimer! I am not an expert! I am learning as I go as most of you probably can see who follow this channel. However, I am pretty happy with how my rudder repair turned out. This is Part 1 of the process. I chose to use West System 105 and 206 (slow cure) then adding the 407 to thicken it up as a fairing compound, which I also call a filler. This rudder did have some drying out to do! And there were lots of blisters that I had to deal with.
Part 2!? Unfortunately, there will not be a part 2 video as the footage has been lost! Even the photos. But, if I ever post a blog with the final steps, I'll let you know! Sucks... :(
Also coming is my video of re-doing the bottom of the boat thanks for watching!
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Looks good! It is almost Spring! Only a few weeks left until it is time for sailing!
I splash SD on Thursday and then let the Spring Sailing begin!!
Nice job! inspiring and also inspired by Josh Post's blog to repair ours... while still on the boat!!
Part 2 is coming soon! I lost the footage but got it back!
@@TheDesertSailor That's awesome!!! One year later and all the repairs I did worked out great. Thanks to you and Josh!!
How do you like your old Coronado 25? I'm looking at buying one and wondering how it sails. Is the helm balanced? Does the helm remain balanced in heavy wind when boat is heeling over hard?
She was a good little boat! The weather helm was very balanced with the correct sail-set. It was important not to over-load her and know the correct amount of sail to the correct amount of wind. She definitely did not object to being reefed in the main at 17knots! She had a weird steering issue in strong winds going off wind if there was too much sail. I would lose steering easily. Checkout the the video of Sailing Basics in 20 knots
The chopped strand was a very poor choice to use with the epoxy,...sorry. Hit that rudder with somec36 grit or 40 grit, slather a good coat of 406 to smooth it. Let it kick to tacky , the establish a new surface with some 1700 or 1708. , fair and paint. Chopped strand has a binder in it and is a nasty mess with epoxy unless it is stich mat.
It is sooo infortunate I lost all the footage for part 2. The final result was very successful. Oh well. I basically followed BoatWorksToday method and advise. I love his channel.
@@TheDesertSailor I think the chop strand is fine. However {and I'm no expert by any means) I would have used small patches first the expanded with each layer. My tiller is wood. yup solid wood so I plan to fill is the low spots then glass over the entire thing..
I mean this in all kindness, get some help from someone that know what they are doing. Please don't do any hull repairs. There is plenty if info available online to help you...sorry
No worries. You did not see the finished result with all the other steps after this video as I never made the PAR 2 because the footage was lost! Wah! But, IMO, the result was fabulous and some very savvy sailboat repair friends of mine, concur.
I guess if one has a sandblasted, one could try that first!