Name: Ben Sanders
email: benj9@horizon.hit.net
subject:
Sharon ... The attachment is a photo of our rudder. It was put on the Class scale at the Nationals and came out at 5.5 lbs. The tiller and extension added 6 lbs.
It has sailed through numerous 25 mph races and doesn't seem to deflect or have any bending problems. It has a white cedar core made by cutting 2 inch strips full length rotating every other strip end over end then using West System epoxy to join them into a plank for forming. After shaping, using a foil section from the internet, it was covered with E-glass and more West epoxy. West System "microlite" fairing compound and a palm sander was used to give it a "glass like surface" . I used the pintels from
I wouldn't trade it for anything I have seen across the country. Nice winter project!
Ben
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