Had my first "rudder issue" yesterday...
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It held together through the day, and I think it'll be a quick fix.
I'm planning to grind away the paint in the area outlined by the tape, radius the square corners (the problem in the first place), and just wrap a couple of layers of carbon over the loose area.
Had a hoot of a day though. A lake tour distance race, we were 3 minutes late for the start having had a D1 pop out of the mast (just had to reinsert the t-ball, no idea how it happened). We returned to a dock, leaned the boat over, stuck it back in, started and chased the fleet. We got half of them by the first mark, 3/4 by the second mark, and all but three by the finish. It was another 12-15 building to 15-20 kind of day, we sailed with three, and the boat was working pretty well. The kite is super tough on these narrow lakes- when the puffs come from the side (which they almost aways do!) there's just no room to run off and stay under the kite. We put it up on a few legs, but it seemed to put us on our ear more than get us down the course.
...and Rocky, with three up, I'd say the big top main is good until maybe 18. It rags a little above that, but I could keep it driving off the leach pretty consistently.
Next weekend is Sail Oklahoma, near Eufala. A bunch of small boat kooks, self-built stuff, some small boat designers giving talks, and people generally showing and seeing what everybody brings. I think this will be the cruiser set mostly, but there's at least one i550 plan-holder attending, and a bunch for whom the i550 is on the radar. Could be interesting!