84 supra rider Rudder troubles

[systems_mh]

My brother and I have found our selves working on this boat for the past few weeks my question is how hard is it to replace the wood and fiberglass where the rudder port is and is it worth it?

[systems_mh]

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[jasun]

looks like you might have hit something hard at one point. I Cant tell from the pic but it looks like your cracks under the boat are more then just gel coat stress cracks. The hull has the 5 holes in it: The big one for the rudder and the 4 for the bolts. The wood on the top side is just a backer and mounting point for the top of the rudder. Replacing it will not do anything for the bottom of the boat. If those cracks on the bottom are infact in the fiberglass, then you are going to need some Hull repair.

[systems_mh]

We were thinking having a 3/16 steel plate made to sandwich between the hull and the rudder port to sturdy it up so we don't rip it off for now

[Jetlink]

We were thinking having a 3/16 steel plate made to sandwich between the hull and the rudder port to sturdy it up so we don't rip it off for now

You can either fix it right, or fix it twice. Like Jasun said, those cracks in the underside of the hull need to be addressed first before you go creating fixes to other problems.

[systems_mh]

You can either fix it right, or fix it twice. Like Jasun said, those cracks in the underside of the hull need to be addressed first before you go creating fixes to other problems.

We are just trying to make it till winter then we are planing on fixing it right or as right as we can