[C320-list] New post...bottom paint-rudder showing white

[Paul Rickman]

Some manufacturers of rudders recommend the rudder be painted white. If painted a dark color, and 
when the boat is out of the water, the sun will bake the rudder and it will delaminate. May take
8 - 10 years but it will happen. My 1999 was white and will stay that way. My last boat did
delaminate but I was fortunate and repaired it myself. Could be a costly mistake to paint it dark.
Replacing a rudder is not cheap.

Think I'd talk to Catalina and ask them what the ramifications are of dark paint.

Affinity 657
Bay Bridge Marina
Chesapeake Bay




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From: Rod Boer <rod.boer1 at verizon.net>
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Sent: Sun, April 4, 2010 5:19:52 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] New post...bottom paint-rudder showing white

Hi Robert,



On my year 2000 Catalina the rudder was initially painted white while the
hull was blue.  Many of the boats were commissioned this way and owners
changed the paint to match the hull.  What you see is probably the white
paint used originally on the rudder.



Rod Boer

Odyssey, #688



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Seastream
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Subject: [C320-list] New post...bottom paint-rudder showing white



All:



See subject field.  While scraping my rudder, large paint flakes fell  

off showing white beneath, which I believe is the fiberglass surface.  

Can I simply sand and repaint, or is a more drastic procedure  

indicated.  The hull only exhibits the usual flaking, indicating some  

touchup sanding before repainting.  We've been considering completely  

stripping the (2002) hull, just not this season.



Robert Seastream

Intuition # 906