[Public-List] Drain Your Rudder ?

[Gordon Laco via Public-List]

Sounds like good advice, if you've got a reason to suspect the rudders core is saturated. 

On the other hand...the percentage of water that you could get out that way, if your rudders core became saturated, is tiny and probably not worth the trouble. 

The only real cure is the major surgery route 

Gord 426 Surprise. 

On 2016-12-06, at 6:17 PM, Jonathan Bresler via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> Folks,
> 
> SAIL magazine "Tip of the Week" has the following, among other ideas:
> 
> Drain your Rudder
> 
> When I bought my first cruising sailboat, I falsely assumed the rudder was
> watertight. I later learned otherwise when I began seeing rust streaks at
> the seams. The staff at my boatyard informed me that water can get into the
> rudder around the rudderstock where it meets the fiberglass. To reduce
> fiberglass delamination, internal rusting of the rudder’s armature and the
> possibility of blisters forming, they recommended I drill a small hole near
> the bottom of the rudder whenever I haul my boat for storage in the fall.
> 
> Now every year when I drill a hole in my rudder, I am amazed at the trickle
> of water that comes running out. I leave the hole open through the winter
> to allow the rudder to drain completely. In the spring before bottom
> painting, I patch the hole with a little Marine-Tex. –Bill Bleyer
> 
> 
> Never heard of doing such a thing before.   Thoughts ?
> 
> -- 
> Jonathan M Bresler
> S/V Constance Alberg 30 #262
> Annapolis/Eastport MD
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