Originally Posted by alcal1750
Where can one find the stainless sleeves for isolating the rudder core? 3/8" ID. I am in the process of drying, barrier coating and sleeving the mounting holes on Rauzer II.


For future reference I found some fiberglass tubing at Tap Plastics.
.524"OD x .417"ID Drilled out 2 of the lower and 1 upper to 3/4", put a little thickened epoxy on one end and bolted the brackets into place. This held the tubes in the proper position while the epoxy set up. Then removed the brackets, turned the rudder over and filled the rest of the void between the 3/4" hole and the tube with unmodified epoxy. Once that was set up I drilled out the rest of the holes and repeated the above process. Then faired out all of the holes with thickened epoxy.
This turned out to be a good solution for me as I was very concerned about just filling the holes with epoxy and redrilling and keeping the brackets in their proper position.


AC