[Public-list] bronze rudder post replacement

[dickdurk at atlanticbb.net]

Hi Glenn

there is a lot of variation in how Whitby put the rudders 
together. the leading edge of mine (1967) has 1" bronze 
stock in two pieces, but butted together, so that they 
look continuous. the lower piece is held in place by two 
long bolts running the length of the lower rudder-there 
are notches on the trailing edge of the rudder that are 
filled in with bondo fairing. the pin on the bottom can be 
fabricated using (mine was 3/8, if I remember correctly) a 
bronze machine bolt, with threads made in the end of the 
rudder shaft, then the head of the bolt sawed off.

I see in their catalog Jamestown Distributers has 1" 
bronze stock-in a 1 foot length. Item # FSBSR1  pg. 152 
 $43.78.

The rudder can be removed from the upper shaft by 
unscrewing several flat head screws that are faired into 
the leading edge of that shaft, btw.

MichaelGrosh
#220



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