we have a rudder!

 I got a phone call from Paul Drake on Wednesday, to tell me that the rudder was now in place on the boat. I also get a set of pictures from Ian Rogers, who fabricated the fittings for us.

The rudder is solid douglas fir, with marine grade stainless steel fittings. The two bronze lower rudder mounts on Robinetta were still in good condition and remain in place, but the top was iron, and in very badly corroded. In addition the old mounts were not properly aligned, so there was unnecessary stress on the rudder. 

The sealing of the (non)self draining cockpit through hulls and the caulking is now complete too, so it it time to get out the paint brushes and prepare Robinetta to go back in the water for some Autumn sailing.