I took the boat out for its first sail this year and lost the rudder.
Do you guys think this is reparable or am I buying a new boat? It’d be a shame to lose her over something so stupid
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You forgot too-flimsy engineering for the conditions.
c a marchaj & Dave Gerr both spoke against too-flimsy engineering, & the industry generally doesn't care ( boats which disappear don't make headlines: only ones noticed to be disappearing do, right? )
That boat needs to, if fixed, NEVER go into conditions as rough as what it was in.
It may well have been oversold/under-engineered for what the marketing said it was for.
Please consider investing in both Dave Gerr's "Elements of Boat Strength" & a book named "Surveying Yachts And Small Craft",
and then earn enough understanding to figure out how sound your boat is.
Those 2 books cost drastically less than a new boat, & they'll help you in any future boat-purchases you make, too.
Warning, though: nearly no boats are up to Gerr's scantlings ( thicknesses of different areas of a hull, for all who haven't been dredged through boatish lingo before ).
( other authors worth investing-in: Nigel Calder & Tom Cunliffe )
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