Ebb
I'm still looking forward to Chance's reply but thank you for that info. This plywood is as you say very impressive material. I'm starting to understand why Chance decised to go with it. I believe it will be easier to make the rudder with a couple of layers of 1/2" Meranti BS1088 plywood than it would be with the solid mahogany and a lot less expansion and contraction to deal with. Looks like I'm starting to lean a differant direction. :-)
JERRY CARPENTER - C147
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiam.
Jerry, we've talked about the original A/C rudder here a number of times.
Some guys have chosen to go with Honduran planks and silicon bronze rod and screws and remade them.
There are some original mahogany, mechanically fastened NO EPOXY rudders still going strong.
Now going on to 50years working on the end of the keel underwater.
Talk about a water test!!!
The original rudder is a work of art.
They are a left over from the glory days of shipwrights and wooden yachts.
If you can reproduce it, as built, it is just as strong as a snotty glass/plywood/foam version. And while you and I can make a good looking rudder from modern materials, only the original rudder will ever be considered........ BEAUTIFUL.
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