February

With the rudder horn fitted, I began drilling, only to miss drill one segment. After conferring with several builders, I decided to use a doubler give the piece integrity.  My biggest problem was holding the piece in place long enough to rivet it.

rudder with doubler in place and ready to rivet

missdrilled

I clecoed it,

The rudder was not riveted, yet, so I  taped it in place and had a friend hold it open while I secured the clecoes.