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[quote=mattson]Just another fun story.... Years ago, we took a trip to Two Harbors with pretty good sized group of cats. I had purchased the boat only 3 weeks or so before. The next day some of us took a daysail up the coast, and one of my rudders snapped off right below the casting. (Apparently the previous owner had left them in constant sunlight). We limped back to Two Harbors. In a exercise of Positive Thinking, I told my son and Buzz Waterstreet that the next time they saw me, I would have a Hobie 18 rudder in hand. I then marched off to town wondering where in the heck I would find one. Long story, but I ended up meeting an old Hobie 16 sailor who was building a deck and said I was welcome to any parts I needed that were laying in the crawlspace under his house. I found complete hobie 16 rudder assemblies, crawled back out to borrow a couple wrenches, then went back under again to get a rudder. I then borrowed the guys drill to drill the Hobie 18 bolt pattern in the Hobie 16 rudder. (I had brought the remaining section of rudder with me to use as a template). Came back with the rudder to the amazement of the others. Good times! Bill Mattson Hobie 18 "Cheap Thill" PS: In my last post, it's kinda funny that the second word of Ben G-a-y is automatically censored by the forum.<!-- editby --><em>Edited by mattson on Oct 11, 2015 - 01:50 PM.</em><!-- end editby --> [/quote]

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