Rudder plate leak
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Category: Repairs and Maintenance
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Printed Date: November-15-2024 at 6:24pm
Topic: Rudder plate leak
Posted By: Kidd1964
Subject: Rudder plate leak
Date Posted: June-21-2018 at 10:06am
I have a leaking rudder plate on my 1985 Ski Nautique. There also seem to be some stress cracks around the plate inside the boat.
I plan to remove the plates inside and out and seal with 5200.
Any thoughts on whether I should be concerned about structural damage in the rudder area.
Thoughts on moving forward from here.
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Johnny Kidd
1985 Ski Nautique 2010
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Posted By: baitkiller
Date Posted: June-21-2018 at 10:19am
Drop it, clean it up and inspect. Take a grinder or sander and see how deep the cracks go. If they are into the laminate then a laminate repair will be needed. Look real close at the stock log to plate intersection for cracks in the casting.
BTW your rudder and strut are (or were) probably bent.
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Jesus was a bare-footer.............
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Posted By: SNobsessed
Date Posted: June-21-2018 at 10:20am
Why not add a few layers of fiberglass cloth & epoxy resin to the inside?
Just grind off the gel coat 1st.
While the glass is wet, you can put a pc of plastic sheet over it & lay a flat pc of plywood on top to encourage flatness.
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“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”
Ben Franklin
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Posted By: Kidd1964
Date Posted: June-21-2018 at 11:18am
Is there any craziness I need to prepare for with this project, or is it pretty straight forward?
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Johnny Kidd
1985 Ski Nautique 2010
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Posted By: shierh
Date Posted: June-21-2018 at 12:37pm
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i thought there was a wood backer for the rudder through hull, min had one that was waterlogged. I replaced with coosa and ran it to transom and laid up some proper glass or over kill glass over it and lapped stringers and transom
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Posted By: SNobsessed
Date Posted: June-21-2018 at 6:51pm
An accidental thing I found was when I wiped the fiberglass with solvent (I think it was mineral spirits but not sure), the cracks stayed wet after I wiped the excess off. They were very easy to see.
Kinda like dye penetrant but much cheaper.
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“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”
Ben Franklin
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