Hobie 16 EPO Rudders - Scratch, not crack

I did a quick sand on the "crack" and it looks like it was just a deep scratch.

The other set of EPO rudders I restored didn't sand to yellow fiberglass, it sanded to black mat, so this may be an earlier set?

This is a good sign.  After I sand the black layer off, I should see how the rudders look.

Scored some old Hobie 16 EPO rudders

I bought a Hobie 16 and a trailer for $300.  The H16 hulls, frame, mast, boom and trailer are in good shape, everything else is in poor shape, including the rudders.  The rudders are EPO rudders, so I will be restoring them to make them a backup set, swapping them out with my current white plastic rudders backup set.  If all goes well, I'll have a decent set of EPO rudders as a backup, and a trailerable H16 for sale.

Here's what the rudders look like:

They are pretty beat up.  At least they weren't in the sun for the last 10 years, they were in a barn!  One had what appears to be a crack in it:

Ouch!  The edges don't look good either:

I'll have to sand them down to see what damage we really have.