I was sailing in the Hong Kong Hobie Asian Classic at the weekend, great conditions (a steady force 4) and fleet of around 35 hobie 16's and 15 or so other catamarans, and was having a real blast when the dreaded bang of something breaking happened. Well it turns out that one of the rudder mountings (called a Gudgeon in the catalogue) that hold the rudder pin came clean off the hull which forced an early retirement. Damn!

Anyway, when I got back to the beach I find that the four screws that hold the mounting in place are all still in the hull and the tops had all sheared off around 2-3 mm inside the holes.

Anyone got any idea how I can repair this and be sailing in time for next weekend's regatta?

Cheers
Rob.