rusty

I and the better half went to look at the E29 under consideration again today. As usual, notice more stuff wrong on the second look. One thing that has me concerned is rust stains on the rudder. The rust appears to be oozing out of small cracks in the rudder, primarily on or around the trailing...

I came down to my boat the day after a 3 hour sail to find rusty water stains on my deck at the shrouds and backstay. Further inspection revealed that it also ran down the topping lift, and my roller furling jib seemed to keep it at the top of the forestay. All the stains around the shrouds were...