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We will probably have the larger King-designed rudder fabricated and installed on Senta-II, so this is a curiosity question more than a need-an-answer question.
Jessica Watson just had her rudder x-rayed as part of the refit before she tackles the youngest single-handed circumnavigation record. The result was:
( Her blog is at http://youngestround.blogspot.com/ )
-Sven
Jessica Watson just had her rudder x-rayed as part of the refit before she tackles the youngest single-handed circumnavigation record. The result was:
I'm just curious how expensive it is to have such x-raying done and how many of you may have done it to check out the condition of our 20-30-40 year old boats ?the rudder shaft was badly corroded with a fracture in the weld and just to top it off, it was full of close to 5L of sea water
( Her blog is at http://youngestround.blogspot.com/ )
-Sven