Want to buy used kayak rudder

[Guest]

I need to find a used kayak rudder to install on the rebuild of a 1976 Klepper sailing kayak. A modern Feathercraft-style rudder will work with some adaptation, but an old-school rudder housing like this will work even better (it should fit in the existing pin hole on the stern and allows for easy rudder blade removal).

 

[joebh]

If you plan to sail your me creation, I suggest you buy a larger size rudder
I own a 20 ft tandem Kaskazi ARX self bailing kayak that I sail with the larger Kayaksailor sail rig . The standard rudder is too small for sailing and I will be mounting a larger rudder. You may want to try to match the original Klepper rudder
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[Guest]

If you plan to sail your me creation, I suggest you buy a larger size rudder
I own a 20 ft tandem Kaskazi ARX self bailing kayak that I sail with the larger Kayaksailor sail rig . The standard rudder is too small for sailing and I will be mounting a larger rudder. You may want to try to match the original Klepper rudder area

I have sails on most of my tripping boats, both open and decked canoes, and have changed out the rudder blades on several.

If possible I may retrofit the OEM 18” x 8” Klepper rudder blade. Making a new blade sized and shaped for my purposes isn’t hard, I’ve customized new, enlarged blades for a couple of other decked sailing tripper and even for a couple of open canoes.

The difficulty is in adapting a different rudder housing for the existing pin hole and stern shape of the Comrade. I don’t know which of the (several) modern rudder housing variations will work, or which I could most easily adapt.