This was a very interesting project an owner came to us with. After taking out his boat for its regular hull maintenance, we realized one of its rudders was full with water, initiating a very high risk of definitive damage due to osmosis.
Instead of changing the rudder, we proposed a deep treatment involving opening the rudder structure and rebuilding it as it was with fiberglass, after thoroughly drying out all the water.
Bringing the rudder to our workshop, we used our Skinder digital humidity detector to confirm the high risk of osmosis.
We opened up the rudder structure so that we could proceed with a complete dry-out of its structure.
The best way to insure all traces of humidity are gone is to set up a blowing system.
After drying everything, we started to reconstruct the rudder.
Now comes the delicate fiber part.
It was hard work, but we were rewarded by a positive outcome, and the owner was grateful that we could save his rudder.
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