Hull rudder tube leak

We have water seeping in around the area of the rudder tube where it joins the hull. Has anyone dealt with this issue before? Reggie

When we bought our '69 boat in '05, we had the plywood strut behind the rudder post rebuilt, as it showed signs of rot. If the tube is inadequately supported, then flexure could occur and lead to delam around the base of the tube. I would think that seeping might sooner or later be the least of your worries. Bill SymesS/V Sara E, 1969 CC36 On Saturday, February 2, 2019, 4:30:31 PM PST, r good my… [at] hotmail.com [Cal_Boats] <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> wrote: We have water seeping in around the area of the rudder tube where it joins the hull. Has anyone dealt with this issue before? Reggie

On 2/2/2019 7:30 PM, r good my… [at] hotmail.com [Cal_Boats] wrote: > We have water seeping in around the area of the rudder tube where it joins the hull. Has anyone dealt with this issue before? I'll just toss in a comment. I developed a leak in my other boat--that horrible discovery that there's water sloshing around in the bilge.. I traced it to the rudder tube, a solid 'glass tube from hull to the cockpit sole above it. Problem? The resin had disappeared from the glass matrix. I'm not quite sure whether the original was resin-starved or some chemical process ate up the resin, but it left me with a tube of glass fibers and not much else. This was when the boat was over 50 years old. My repair involved using the existing tube as a sort of form. I saturated it with epoxy and then built up layers of epoxy and glass over it. I ran the glass onto the hull below and the sole above to make a stronger bond than original and then added a fillet. Chris Campbell >