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#144, Tales

Pluging the stern tube

Fitting new rudder before shaping it and before filling aperture

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Filling the aperture

Fiberglassing the foam

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Project Complete

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Here are some pictures of my plugging the tube and then filling the aperture. I epoxied a wooden plug in the cutlass bearing, I figured it would be relatively easy to drill out, my intent with the whole project was to make it easily reversible. I then put two layers of glass over it, this was so it could be used immediately.

I filled in the aperture with foam, faired it with micro balloons and put on two more fiberglass/epoxy layers. I then sanded the rudder leading edge profile with a piece of dowel with sandpaper on it and fiberglassed that separately.