100 wood plugs made for rub rail

new rudder glued and clamped

will this bit fit?

two half inch ply epoxied together for rudder blade

internal wood trim sanded and varnished with Epifanes rubbed effect varnish

other bits

two nice sheet winches recovered from a scrap yacht ...just the job when cleaned up

from same scrapped yacht but a little large for zelma!

wood work now treated with 8 coats Deks Ole D1

A deep hole dug to insert the rudder shaft

Careful measure of the rudder bar before cutting to suit bearing

new rudder now has a flange to aid removal

first trial fit of new rudder steelwork

Both Rubbing strakes now fitted

The Strakes are Iroko

 80 stainless bolts fitted to both top strakes and now ready for plugging and final sand before applying many coats of D1