Mama H Chicago
Mother of sailboats
Can anyone tell me what the critical component measurements are for knowing if a rudder will work on a Sunfish? There is a rudder available for sale about an hour and 45 minutes from me, and it looks a whole lot like a sunfish rudder and tiller. The seller was nice enough to take very good measured photos of it. I THINK the pin that attaches in the gudgeon is a little less than half an inch shorter than the one on the rudder that came with my derelict sunfish project. I thought maybe it was just from a minifish or something? But now I’m reading that the two should be interchangeable….
given that I plan to retrofit the 1965 hull to take a new style rudder, I’m guessing I just need to find a gudgeon that would fit the slightly shorter pin?
any advice is greatly appreciated.
In case it’s helpful…. Here are pics of the one I am considering buying
and this is the one I have
given that I plan to retrofit the 1965 hull to take a new style rudder, I’m guessing I just need to find a gudgeon that would fit the slightly shorter pin?
any advice is greatly appreciated.
In case it’s helpful…. Here are pics of the one I am considering buying
and this is the one I have
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