Help. Rudder tore off at bottom, (entire gudgeon) hobie 18

Hi,

Last fall when coming to shore I was unable to lift the rudder before I hit the beach in CT. The entire lower gudgeon tore off, complete with glass and metal plate, leaving just a thin layer with 4 holes between outside and inside of hull. Does anyone know how I can fix this?

I spent 3 hours on the forum last night. Great resource! I wish I had done so before, because I would have upgraded the rudder system of my hobie 83.

thanks

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Stan

This is an old post but I just found it and the situation was very familiar! The exact same thing happened to me 5 years ago. I went to the upgraded rudder system after that.

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Hobie 18 Stern Damage

If you never make beach landings and never plan on hitting anything in the water you can skip the upgrade on your pre-1987 H18, otherwise it's a good investment.

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Damon Linkous
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