Thanks Justin and Dennis
Those will be very helpful.
Cheers
Malcolm
Chris Wicks wrote:https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151603808954113.1073741828.559084112&type=1&l=f269fdc4ad
Here are a few pictures of Kaliope's repair. We discovered the leading edge of the rudder from the top to just above the water line had failed where the two halves of the rudder were joined. It turned out there was a lot of gelcoat along this seam and hardly any GRP mat. When we reinforced the tiller / rudder connection last summer we then transferred the load further down to this seam causing failure. It has now been reinforced with Kevlar reinforced mat. A nice job. As I didn't have enough Oxford blue gel coat I have a small area of GRp that is a bit lighter than it should be, but I hope now a rudder that is strong and sealed against water ingress...
Andrew Scullion wrote:...
As a bonus, on a separate topic, if you match the thickness of Ladybird's upgrade, I have designed a wind self-steering setup which attaches to this rudder upgrade and I am happy to share that design with those who are interested.
Cheers,
Andrew
The idea of everyone checking their rudder against the design template is good and you can easily print an actual 1:1 size paper template from a CAD file. I think I can probably post a .pdf that everyone can print which should come out of anyone's printer 1:1 the correct size assuming that printer settings are not scaling it when printed. This could be a method for everyone to remotely confirm a standard design.
Malcolm Sadler wrote:Yes please Andrew - can you do that? Can it be made accessible on this Forum and also on the WhatsApp thread (I started a new one as some people have difficulty using the Forum - I will invite you and Chris and anyone who wants I into WhatsApp chat)
Will the PDF show precisely the centres of all the holes?
And can you write on it the diameters/gauge of the holes drilled and the bolt sizes please?
Cheers
Malcolm
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