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I had been aware of blisters for some time but chose to ignore them until I damaged the leading edge of the rudder on a sand bank in the middle of the Thames Estuary (Middle Sand). A the same time I was aware of a leak around the rudder tube that required the rudder to be dropped for investigations. | I had been aware of blisters for some time but chose to ignore them until I damaged the leading edge of the rudder on a sand bank in the middle of the Thames Estuary (Middle Sand). A the same time I was aware of a leak around the rudder tube that required the rudder to be dropped for investigations. | ||
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Revision as of 16:30, 12 March 2019
The Story
I had been aware of blisters for some time but chose to ignore them until I damaged the leading edge of the rudder on a sand bank in the middle of the Thames Estuary (Middle Sand). A the same time I was aware of a leak around the rudder tube that required the rudder to be dropped for investigations.
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