Sailing ixion
Junior Member
Hi there everyone first post, first major project,
Just bought a new-to-me Ericson 34-2, and I'm about to start my first major project on the boat... rebuilding the rudder. Our Ericson has sat on the hard for roughly 3 years and at the time of survey, had very high moisture levels in the rudder. After baking in the Massachusetts sun for the last few years, the rudder has definitely delaminated and begun to split and requires some more investigative work to determine the proper remedy.
It is my assumption, based on the delamination on both sides that I have the arduous task of opening the rudder, digging out the old foam and re-coring and re-fairing the whole thing. My question is this, do you have a preferred supplier that carries 16lb density epoxy foam? (I haven't been able to find it at Defender Marine or Jamestown Dist. and I'd rather not go any lower than that). Secondly, does anyone have a good accurate way of determining how much foam I need? I'd rather not cube the dimensions of the rudder.
Tomorrow I'm going to try and drop the rudder, I'm hopeful for my success.
Thanks!
Nick
Just bought a new-to-me Ericson 34-2, and I'm about to start my first major project on the boat... rebuilding the rudder. Our Ericson has sat on the hard for roughly 3 years and at the time of survey, had very high moisture levels in the rudder. After baking in the Massachusetts sun for the last few years, the rudder has definitely delaminated and begun to split and requires some more investigative work to determine the proper remedy.
It is my assumption, based on the delamination on both sides that I have the arduous task of opening the rudder, digging out the old foam and re-coring and re-fairing the whole thing. My question is this, do you have a preferred supplier that carries 16lb density epoxy foam? (I haven't been able to find it at Defender Marine or Jamestown Dist. and I'd rather not go any lower than that). Secondly, does anyone have a good accurate way of determining how much foam I need? I'd rather not cube the dimensions of the rudder.
Tomorrow I'm going to try and drop the rudder, I'm hopeful for my success.
Thanks!
Nick