[Public-List] Official Rudder Shoe Project Update (No Joke!)

[George Dinwiddie]

Peter,

I'd love to add your rudder construction project to the Alberg30.org 
website. Would you be willing to write up a description of the steps to 
go along with it? This would be a great article for the association 
newsletter, too.

  - George

On 5/9/13 2:10 AM, Peter McEvoy wrote:
> At long last, I am here with an update on the rudder shoe casting project.
> My sincerest apologies for allowing so much time to lapse since my last
> update- there just hasn't *been* anything to update until recently. I'm
> sure it seemed to all that I dropped the ball on this but, I can honestly
> say, it's been more of a slow and lazy juggling act. A determined one,
> nonetheless!
>
> This juggling act is reaching its climax- I have been contacting various
> foundries in the San Francisco Bay Area (I am in the Berkeley Marina) and
> have located a foundry that can do the castings. Originally I was going to
> cast the shoes myself at my friends studio.  I did manage to cast one
> successful shoe and you can see my Picasaweb photo album of the sand
> casting process here:
> https://plus.google.com/photos/114264171783035578123/albums/5828753185129575137?banner=pwaHowever,
> due to health issues in his family and a lack of my own time it
> became clear that this would not be a feasible option. But I've found a
> foundry that can do them.
>
> So here we are, final call! The offer on the table is for one rudder shoe-
> WITHOUT rudder pin hole or mounting holes drilled- for $100 plus shipping
> cost. These rudder shoes will be identical to an original, unused rudder
> shoe provided by Mike Lehman. If you are interested, please send me a
> personal e-mail at peter.t.mcevoy at gmail.com- for everybody's sake, do not
> reply to the whole list! I still have everybody's contact info from the
> original round of interest, and will be sending out a message to everybody
> I have on my list in case they miss this e-mail.
>
> Once I have definitive interest I can get a rough timeline for the
> completion of this project, and let you know when your shoe can be
> expected. Looking forward to finishing this up!
>
> Pete McEvoy
>
> PS WE ARE STILL LOOKIN FOR A PAIR OF GUDGEONS to make a mold/castings from.
> If you have some or some very detailed plans, please do share :)
>
> PPS In the time between the start of this project and now, I hauled out my
> A30 for the first time and built a new rudder (my rudder fell off one day
> while sailing). I had expected the shoe to be absent from the hull upon
> haulout however it was present and in great condition! Here's a link to my
> album on building an A30 rudder:
> https://plus.google.com/photos/114264171783035578123/albums/5828753185129575137?banner=pwa.
> I used vinylester resin fiberglass around a core of Divinycell (a
> closed-cell foam material). I built the rudder post in silicon bronze
> according to the plans on alberg30.org. The rudder body layout plan was
> generously provided by Glenn Brooks- thanks Glen! I've got a good photo of
> the plans if somebody wants to add it to the site. The rudder has worked
> well thus far- it survived a SF Bay sail this past weekend in 30kt winds
> gusting 40! Makes me want to beef up my chainplate bolts and deck step...

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