I have an order for a new rudder for a Westsail 32, and a company that has agreed to make it.  They specialize in replacement rudders, keels, and tillers, and they currently make replacement tillers for me.

It will be a one-off, using vinylester resin and high density foam, with additional reinforcement in stress areas, and will have tubes bonded in to accept the bronze pintal pins.  .

This rudder will fit a Westsail 32 with fiberglass gudgeons, and will have the trailing edge of the rudder thinned down for better water flow.

If there are other W32 owners needing, or wanting, a new rudder, they can make a mold, and reduce the cost somewhat over a one-off rudder.  This first one is needed by the end of July, so if I receive additional orders, they can make a mold instead, and duplicate the rudders.  They can also make fiberglass gudgeons if necessary.

Contact me if you are interested.  bud@westsail.com

Terry: 

The weight of the W32 rubber - hmm - I recall that assuming it has not been filled with water - when I removed Pygmalion's rudder - it took Dave King and I to pick the rudder up when horizontal to move it.  It wasn't that heavy but quite large and bulky.  

I found that after removing the tiller - and suspending the rudder with a halyard - that I could manage removal and installation by myself with the yard's cadaver table.  

This is not what you asked but hopefully it helps.  

Jay