by johnnyonspot » Mon Oct 20, 2008 12:26 pm
Maybe leave it in a dry room over the winter and let it dry that way, or perhaps use a heat gun on it. I would go the winter-over in a dry, reasonably warm room, though.
My rudder looked a lot like yours, with the gouge in the bottom as if it had been dragged on a paved road for a while, as well as some gouges along the leading and trailing edges. I filled mine in with fiber strand body filler and painted it white with flat white spray paint. Looked plenty fine to me when done. The other option would of course be to buy a new Ida Sailor rudder blade or entire assembly. I hear they give much better performance, but are pretty spendy.