This is a view of the emergency rudder viewed from the bottom of the "blade."  The notch was installed to allow the rudder to fit a storage position on the boat.  Notice that the blade is not terribly refined, and that is ok.  There is only so much time you can spend on something which hopefully you will never use!

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The two blue sheets are steering lines, used to turn the rudder.

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