[C320-list] Rudder raplacement

[Chris Burti]

We’ve replaced ours twice from the Catalina factory  with no issues and at a reasonable price. I’ve got one that is a little bent but I believe it could be straightened by a good machinist. Yours if you want to come get it 

Best Regards,
Chris Burti
Commitment #867
Farmville North Carolina 

> On Apr 10, 2021,at 9:38 AM, RONALD HODEL <ronandgail2 at me.com> wrote:
> 
> I have not had any experience with rudders (other than I use one) but I certainly hope that your neighbor gets a first-class surveyor to go over every inch of that boat. (And certainly not a surveyor suggested by the boatyard.) And yes, what a horrifying call.
> Ron Hodel
> #1070 Lokomaikai
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Apr 10, 2021, at 6:20 AM, William Russell <wcr6450 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> My next-door neighbor recently got a horrifying call - his 1997 C-320 had
>> been blown off its jack stands and was lying on its side in the marina(!)
>> Upon investigation, it's not too badly damaged, but the rudder shaft was
>> bent and the fiberglass cracked.  He needs a replacement rudder.
>> It looks like he has two choices: an OEM from Catalina, or a "HDPE spade
>> rudder" by Ruddercraft through Catalina Direct.  They make a lot of claims
>> about the superiority of this "upgrade," but I wondered if anyone on this
>> list has any experience or opinion about those rudders.
>> https://www.catalinadirect.com/images/features/Rudder%20Craft%20Spade%20Rudders.pdf?CFID=41234104&CFTOKEN=4fbd46bab4060a1a-573661E1-FE22-7A3B-0C4FF6C4D8055188
>> Any and all advice appreciated.
>> Bill Russell
>> *Little Wing,* 1998 C-320 #545
>> Cayuga Lake, Ithaca, NY
>> 
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