[C320-list] RUDDER FREEZING

[Paul Rickman]

Warren, the sun damage takes place when the boat is out of the water.
So it gets damaged and then it goes in the water, fills up freezes in the winter
and there you go.




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From: Warren Updike <wupdike at hotmail.com>
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Sent: Tue, June 7, 2011 4:14:17 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] RUDDER FREEZING

A number of owners in our marina on Middle R., off the Chesapeake Bay paint
their rudders white to reduce the heat load from the sun.  Ha, ha, I say.  I
use a test for water clarity I call the swim ladder test.  Drop the swim
ladder in and see how many steps can be seen.  I count the first one even
though it's not in the water.  A good day is 3 steps.  A typical day is two
steps.  Rarely more, or less.  If the sun can't get to the 3rd step it
surely won't be injuring my rudder.  

Sad to say.  This is the result mostly of the burden of fertilizers,
phosphates, auto exhaust, and the like.  Our Bay has been in trouble for
years with algae blooms, dead zones, diseases, etc.  Much lip service is
offered, little done to improve conditions. 

Warren & Pattie Updike
1994 C320 #62 "Warr De Mar"

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Rickman [mailto:ilove2sail at verizon.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 1:46 PM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] RUDDER FREEZING

Yes,

John, I had a rudder to do that. What I did to repair it was to drill holes
in 
it and fill with epoxy.
In each hole a screw, let it dry, take the screws out and fill with epoxy.
Then put one layer of fiber glass strand, then barrier coat, then white
bottom 
paint.
Why white you ask? Well it is a known fact, and rudder manufacturers say the
sun 
will bake 

and destroy a rudder. So they recommend white so that won't happen.

That was on an O'Day 35.

Paul
Affinity 657
Bay Bridge Marina
Chesapeake Bay, Maryland



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From: JJ Morrison <sail-ability at sympatico.ca>
To: Catalina List <c320-list at catalina320.com>
Sent: Tue, June 7, 2011 12:06:37 PM
Subject: [C320-list] RUDDER FREEZING


Has anyone had experience with water ingress into the rudder and then
causing 
freeze damage? My previous boat had holes drilled into the rudder so that
water 
would drain when on the hard.
Thanks
JohnM
1999 #574