daveheaddon
New member
Folks,
My rudder took a battering a while back while I was moored (and away!) alongside a pontoon in Falmouth. The collision wrecked the top of the rudder stock and I'm replacing it now.
The stock is made up of three 'layers' of wood bonded vertically. The middle section extends down to the rudder blade itself but both of the outer sections are broken away at the top 10 or so inches.
Question is.....the wood looks like Mahogany. Does it matter if the wood I replace it with is different? Is it likely to be mahogany or something else? The wood is quite red in colour.
Any other tips appreciated!
My rudder took a battering a while back while I was moored (and away!) alongside a pontoon in Falmouth. The collision wrecked the top of the rudder stock and I'm replacing it now.
The stock is made up of three 'layers' of wood bonded vertically. The middle section extends down to the rudder blade itself but both of the outer sections are broken away at the top 10 or so inches.
Question is.....the wood looks like Mahogany. Does it matter if the wood I replace it with is different? Is it likely to be mahogany or something else? The wood is quite red in colour.
Any other tips appreciated!