[Public-List] Steel rudder stock

[George Dinwiddie]

Greg,

On 5/18/19 7:25 PM, Greg Dawson via Public-List wrote:
> Does anybody in our community have a steel rudder stock (shaft from
> the tiller to the rudder). A friend of mine pulled his liner boat
> last week and discovered heavy pitting on the stock which turns out
> to be steel. Did Whitby do this as standard for some boats? Has
> anybody else encountered this problem. If so how did you deal with
> it?
I've never heard of anyone having a steel rudderstock. I can imagine a 
stainless steel rudderstock becoming heavily pitted with crevice 
corrosion, though. It's amazing what oxygenated water can do to 
stainless. See 
http://www.alberg30.org/maintenance/Steering/CreviceCorrosion/

  - George

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