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Today I completed the rudder. The transom plated turend out to have been a good idea, and it was very easy to finally fit the dugeons, and it was easy to mount the rudder retaining clip.

Despite installing the gudgeons by eye, and everything being individually made, it turns out that the pintles fit very well into the gudgeons, and the merest change in the angle at which the dinghy lies lets the rudder fall to one side or the other.

I think I'm going to change the paint scheme of the rudder, but before that can happen I will have to wait for the varnish to dry properly. It's Woodoc 50, and I hope it's compatible with bright white catalyzed lacquer paint.

posted by Niel Malan @ 13:44