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Thread: Drilling Cooling Pickup in Rudder

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    Default Drilling Cooling Pickup in Rudder

    Hello,

    I have an older ABS v-hull that I use in a small creek/river. It is a lot of fun as the tight creek almost makes it like racing a jet boat up the river. The design of the hull keeps it very shallow, however I would like to shorten the rudder. It is using a typical TFL style rudder with the breakaway screw, and single pickup as pictured here:



    Basically, I am looking for any advise on how to drill a new pickup hole higher up, so that I can shorten the rudder, as it is much longer than needed.

    Thanks!

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    Since the hole runs up the entire back of the rudder, you could cut to your desired length and then taper the leading edge down to the trailing edge, making a bit of hook at the back.
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