Thanks for your reply. Very helpful. To be clear, I removed 1 of the 2 screws from the upper gudgeon but the other SS screw is broken, headless, stuck inside the transom. got about 4 threads out with the head. It's pretty likely that my drill will find the softer aluminum and the SS will stay inside. I will first try to drill and tap a new hole as close to the old one and perpendicular so the screw heads don't affect the rudder assembly. Would love to avoid cutting down a 1 piece but that will be my fallback. Good news is that I have an '83 that I bought for spare parts so I wont have to deal with the newer, thinner gudgeon and upsize the rudder pin (also picked up a hand impact drive, which should help).And since you were so kind to offer advice, please LMK if you need any spare parts for your '85! I got it for the sails/battens and dolphin striker, really.
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