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Subject: T500 rudder


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Graham Harrison
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Date Posted: 13/11/03 23:33:04

Anyone any idea about the construction of the T500 rudder. I would imagine there would be some sort of webs or braces welded to the rudder shaft inside the glassfibre shell. If anyone has a drawing of the inside structure that would be good.

I lay up ashore every year & always remove the rudder, turn it upside down & get a pint or two of water out of the (hollow) shaft which has presumably entered the rudder through the top where the s/s shaft enters the casing shell. My concern, is that I probably have stainless steel in contact with salt water during the season in an anaerobic situation. This can lead to undetected corrosion & the first I would know about it would be when the last weld, web or whatever holds it together, fails, & I go around in tight circles or whatever direction she wants to take me! Maybe I'm a bit paranoid, but it would be good to know other peoples opinion on this.

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Re: T500 rudderFrank Marsden14/11/03 8:37:17


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