[Public-list] Rudder question re Alberg 30 #39

[Hugh McCormack]

Greetings all,

I recently purchased Alberg 30 #39 and I am looking at having to repair or 
replace the wooden rudder since it is separating along one of the splined 
joints.  All of the hardware appears to be sound but the wood has dried 
causing the joint to split (the boat was not in the water at all in 2006).  
The damage appears to have happened sometime prior to 2006 but the drying 
out has probably worsened the problem.

I have looked through the list message archives, looked at the photo of the 
wooden rudder on the Alberg 30 site and reviewed the information in the 
maintenance manual in preparation for the project but I still have a 
question concerning how the rudder is attached to the rudder post.

My rudder is essentially as shown in the photo on the Alberg 30 site except 
it doesn't have the metal straps across the face of the blade.  It has the 
single gudgeon pair arrangement just below the prop opening as shown in the 
photo.  My rudder appears to be attached to the lower rudder post with the 
two perpendicular rods/nuts and it has the shoe supporting the end of the 
lower post on the lower rear of the keel.  What I am not clear about is how 
the blade is attached to the upper rudder post (the one that bends around 
the top of the opening for the prop).  Can anyone tell me how the blade is 
attached to the upper post?  If I can remove the blade from the upper post I 
can leave the upper post in the boat while I repair/rebuild the blade.

I can provide digital photos of both sides of my rudder if that is of use to 
anyone.

Thanks in advance for any help/advice you can offer.  Also thanks to George 
Dinwiddie and Rolph Townshend for sending me a copy of the maintenance 
manual.  It is a wealth of information.

Regards,

Hugh McCormack
Woody Point, Newfoundland
Canada

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