Race 1 at Lake Bolac was ugly, Strong winds saw most not even bothering to make the starting line even after the start most of those that did start soon retired..... only 5 of us finished race 1


A few hundred meters from the finish line I had an opps....a broken ruddercase resulted in an unexpected capsize,I wasn't that far behind Harry at the time but the high winds and busted rudder case saw me limp home with only one rudder in the water whilst the other dangled at an odd horizontal angle out the back.

Back on land some quick repairs were done, this was taken after those repairs but you can still see some of the resulting damage.....
Flaring of the alloy at the hinge bolt
The additional plate that's pop-riveted at the rear of the centre arm and obviously the damage to the top of the timber rudder blade itself
The hinge bolt was belted back straight enough to actually work again