Jan,
Sorry to hear about your rudder!
Steve Seals <http://www.sealsspars.com/s22catalog.html> sells new ones.
My current marina, Coyote Point in San Mateo, has 2 Tunas they are
putting up for Lien Sale in July. You could likely buy one of those
whole boats for less than a new rudder.
Of course, based on the other replies, you might still want to start
w/ a new post.
Good luck!
gb
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Greg Biggers
Hull 491 "Pearly J"
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Nancy & Pat Broderick
<broderic at sonic.net>wrote:
> Steve,
> It is stainless. It is prone to corrosion. If you've got enough to look
> (even "look") like a hole all the way through, my judgement would be a new
> rudder sooner rather than later. Without an expensive exam there's no way
> to know how far things have gone.
>> And you're right, they will fail when you need them most because that's
> usually when they're being asked to steer in high winds and currents.
>> Pat
> ex-Elaine
>> On Jun 10, 2009, at 8:10 AM, Steve wrote:
>> The rudder post is a Stainless steel pipe and it appears to be prone to
> crevice corrosion. I just pulled mine and cleaned up the post with naval
> jelly. While I still have a lot of pipe left, the crevice corrosion was about
> to pop a hole the pipe. which would allow saltwater into the post and into
> the rudder. I have decided to clean, fill with epoxy, surface the pipe, and
> then start a policy annual inspection.
>> Perhaps all these older rudders ought to be pulled and inspected
> annually. I suspect they will tend fail when you need them the most.
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