[Public-List] Rudder needs some love

[Gordon Laco]

Forgot to add- if you need metal work done, they can do that too.  They'll
be able to give well informed advice about the best way to tackle the job

Gord #426 Surprise


On 31/03/14 10:05 AM, "Gordon Laco" <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:

> Here's who I'd recommend.... They're on Shelter Island - nice people who
> know wooden boats and do terrific work.
> 
> http://www.koehlerkraft.com/
> 
> 
> On 31/03/14 9:37 AM, "Gordon Laco" <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:
> 
>> Hello - 
>> 
>> I do - stand by a moment while I get their contact info.   I was in San
>> Diego for my Tall Ships America board meeting in January and visited
>> them.... Will send you the contact data shortly.
>> 
>> If your rudder doesn't have straps, it might have drifts or long pins that
>> run through holes bored edge-wise in the flat timbers.  That's the old
>> fashioned way to build a wooden rudder and might have been used in your
>> case.
>> 
>> Gord #426 Surprise
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 29/03/14 11:48 AM, "GregR" <gregr at nethere.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Gord,
>> You wouldn't happen to know someone here in San Diego that knows wood
>>> boats? It would worth it to pay an expert to take a quick look. Most of the
>>> guys in the yard acted like they had never seen a woodenp rudder.
>> It is
>>> clearly soaked through. There were two sets of horizontal stiffeners. These
>>> were eaten by worms. I don't see any evidence of the metal straps shown in
>>> the
>>> pictures on the website. I don't see any worm damage on the
>>> blade. 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Greg
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