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  • Is this fixable? It’s a Catyak and the fins where the rudder is bolted snapped off.
    I had trouble with the pictures. They’re in the “rudder repair” album.
    Thanks,
    Sue

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    Edited by hokypuk on Jul 11, 2022 - 10:08 AM.
  • This is the only image I saw. Doesn't make much sense to me.

    https://www.thebeachcats.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=136844&g2_serialNumber=4

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    Tom
    NACRA 5.7 (1984 Sail 181)
    Pennsylvania
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  • Please let me know if I fixed the pictures. Thank you!
     https://www.thebeachcats.com/pictures?g2_itemId=136854&g2_imageViewsIndex=1



    Edited by hokypuk on Jul 11, 2022 - 06:35 PM.
  •  https://www.thebeachcats.com/pictures?g2_itemId=136854
     https://www.thebeachcats.com/
  • Maybe try hosting on Imgur and posting a link. A verbal description of your concern would go a long way.



    Edited by tominpa on Jul 11, 2022 - 08:49 PM.

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    Tom
    NACRA 5.7 (1984 Sail 181)
    Pennsylvania
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  • looks like you will need to move the hinge down, or add a strip of material to the side of that flange. Then mount the hinge to the new piece.
    link to a sceenshot of the transom
    https://imgur.com/a/SXyah8h
  • Thank you! I don’t know what I’m doing… is the flange the plastic fin?
    What would I use to fix it?

    https://imgur.com/FnfjhAi
    https://imgur.com/SbYxh22
  • What I would do is remove the broken piece and glue it back on with west system G-flex. This is only to align
    everything and use it as a spacer. Next go to a big box store or a metal supplier and get a piece of 1 inch wide
    aluminum flat bar. put a piece on either side of the fin and either rivet or bolt it to the fin. drill through the aluminum pieces and bolt the rudder hinge back on. I probably would extend the aluminum high enough so
    that you could also attach a piece to the rib on top of the hull. Where are you located? Maybe someone here is close by and could help out?

    GDog
  • Image assist: Just put the URL for your image in between Image tags. Click Image in the reply menu.

    https://i.imgur.com/FnfjhAi.jpeg

    https://i.imgur.com/SbYxh22.jpeg

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    Tom
    NACRA 5.7 (1984 Sail 181)
    Pennsylvania
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