Wa'apa Build - Part 18 (Rudder support installation)

Previously I had cut the timber for the rudder supports, and the holes in the hull to receive them...now it was time to make it permanent.

Supports carefully positioned and clamped in place.

Then screws driven through the bulkhead and into the supports. They are countersunk and will be left in place and filled over.

Then everything taken out, prepped as needed, and then glued in with thickened epoxy. The little spacer blocks were glued in to increase the gluing area and tie in to the bulkhead.

Fillets placed on outside.

That's that...on to the next bit...