Nuala May's rudder bearing replacement

Did your boat have any leaks when you bought it? Mine was like a sieve! While the leaks belong to the past, the great damage caused by some of them was not as easily fixed. For example, see what my rudder bearing, originally fixed to the ceiling in the lazarette, looked like!

Rudder bearing installed on the ceiling in the lazaretteThe top view from outside in the stern
Dismantling starts...Old bearing extracted
A brand new bearing now in place, this time installed above to make protection and maintenance easier from outside.This is the ceiling of the lazarette now.
And this is the wonderful end result :)Recently, I also replaced the ball joint end, as the old one was heavily corroded.