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<DIV>Hi Mary,</DIV>
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<DIV>I haven’t experienced the problem myself, but in Don Casey’s “Complete
Illustrated Sailboat Maintenance Manual”, he addresses the problem of “Weeping
Rudders” in it’s own section. It sounds like a very common problem—essential the
fiberglass skin cracks and allows water to saturate the foam core. The book,
which I would highly recommend for anybody with a plastic boat, has detailed
instructions for dealing with it.</DIV>
<DIV>If you have hauled your boat for the winter, it sounds like you should have
plenty of time to let it dry out and make a good repair.</DIV>
<DIV>Best of luck,</DIV>
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<DIV>Stephen Pedersen</DIV>
<DIV>Wren—hull #365</DIV>
<DIV>Watsonville, California </DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=quedau@aol.com
href="mailto:quedau@aol.com">Mary Falslev</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 20, 2013 11:46 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=Tuna@myfleet.org
href="mailto:Tuna@myfleet.org">Tuna@myfleet.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Santana 22] Rudder drip</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Sailing season is almost over here in
northern Utah, and I just hauled my Santana 22 out for the season. Every
time I haul her out, I get about a month of rudder drip. Moisture seems to
be seeping out of the rudder from its bottom surface. I am worried about
the rudder eventually just rotting away. Have any of you had this
problem? If so, what did you do about it?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Mary Falslev</DIV>
<DIV>Sail number 808</DIV>
<DIV>Benson, Utah </DIV></FONT>
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