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

[Glennb]

Peter,

Thanks for staying on this!  I would like to confirm my order for one of the shoes - no holes drilled please.  Although it would be nice to have a pilot hole cast to locate center for the pin. 

I will be hauling Dolce Next week and can make a drawing with measurements of the pintle to send you.  

Also from the standpoint of preventative maintenance, I am real interested in the original cause of your rudder failure.  Did you ever discover any physical evidence on the boat to indicate why your rudder fell off.  Was their signs of corrosion, left over pieces, part of the rudder.shaft in the bearing etc left in the boat after the rudder was gone that might explain what happened?

Thanks
glenn Brooks
Dolce 318

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On May 8, 2013, at 11:10 PM, Peter McEvoy <peter.t.mcevoy at gmail.com> 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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