<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META content="MSHTML 5.50.4207.2601" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mike is correct, once you get the proper
dimensions, making a new rudder is not complicated. Having cut apart and
re-built the rudder on my Whitby 42 (An Alberg with a thyroid problem) I would
suggest that you be sure to tie the post into the rudder very firmly. In
repairing mine, I had two 1/8 inch sheets of brass, about 12 inches square each,
welded to the rudder post to insure integrity between the post and the rudder
itself. Several Whitby owners have had the post separate from the rudder
and the rudder just swings freely on the post. While she is a larger boat
with much larger forces, insuring the integrity between post and rudder cannot
be understated.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bob Chambers</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>