August 13, 2011
It took a week to put five coats of varnish on each on the rudder, daggerboard, mast, boom and tiller extension. Each day would rub everything with a scotch brite pad and then put on another coat.
Today, I worked on the rudder to get it mounted on the dory. I put the upper grudgeon on the transom and attached the pintles to the rudder. I had already attached the lower grundgeon. I had to call CLC to confirm which screws or bolts to use because the manual didn't really specify and I had a bag of hardware to choose from. They said to drill through the rudder and use the machine bolts. Since I was drilling through the Okoume, I was concerned about water getting in and decided to put some caulking in the holes before I put the bolts through.
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