Posted by WILFRED BISHOP (wilf.bishop@…>)
Brian,
Many thanks - very useful photos. By the way from the photo it looks as if your lifting rudder was a plate of galvanised steel - is this correct? What thickness was your rudder plate if it was galvanised steel pls?
If you could put me in contact with the person who purchased your drop-keel F-21 that would be great as I have made some improvement modifications to the drop keel; mechanism that I would be happy to share with them.
Thanks again - good luck in your new location.
Best regards
Wilf Bishop
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Rutter
To: freedom21@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 10:35 AM
Subject: RE: [freedom21] F-21 Rudder
Wilf,
Sorry this is a really quick note. Due to circumstances, I am moving very quickly, moving includes changing continents, and therefore my boat has now been sold and I am now in the process of packing up my apartment and computer.
The last job I did was to replace the rudder mounts, I added a 6” inspection hatch to the inside skin of the transom to give me access to the mounting bolts for the rudder. While the rudder was out I took a couple of quick snaps.
My boat is (was) also a twin lifting keel with a lifting pivoting rudder. I do not know if this is the arrangement on your boat, but hopefully the attached pictures will give you an approximate size for your replacement.
Good sailing
Brian
From: freedom21@yahoogroups.com [mailto:freedom21@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of WILFRED BISHOPSent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 12:15 AMTo: freedom21@yahoogroups.comSubject: [freedom21] F-21 Rudder
Does anyone have a Freedom 21 rudder available? I can use either the fixed rudder design or the UK lifting rudder since I have a deep water mooring. My current “way out of class” F-21 rudder was severely hacked about & modified by the previous owner and is now beyond recovery. Since the F-21 is no longer in production I face the options of finding a used rudder or making one up from scratch over the winter. If I have to make one from scratch I will need the exact dimensions - anyone know where I could get this information?
Any condition rudder considered as l long as it can be repaired - I have hands-on experience of aerospace composites repairs so I have materials & know-how to do this. The only practical problem is that since I am over here in the UK the cost of shipping a used rudder from USA to England would be high I guess? Perhaps I can locate a rudder in the UK - who knows?
Anyway - all help/advice is much appreciated.
Wilf Bishop
F-21 Daydream
Sail No 205
UK Twin LIft Keel Version