[alberg30] a-30 rudder

Greg,

At the base of the rudder is a brass or bronze rod that is either turned
down, or drilled and tapped, for the pin that goes into the rudder shoe.
This rod either has bolts (older boats) or pins (newer boats) that go 
through it at right angles and are glassed to the inside of the rudder
body.  That's the way it is on the fiberglass rudders.  I've never
checked the wooden ones.

 - George

> greg vandenberg said:
> 
> Just a thought guys... Isn't their some reinforcing stock that fans out from
> the shaft. That is braised on to the shaft and the loath to rot material is
> sandwiched around. Perhaps this is already understood and I'm just jumping the
> gun. If not so... how else is it done?

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