Illusion's Rudder Blade

Having developed 3D software for over 15 years at one of the World's leading CAD/CAM companies I decided to go the high-tech design route:

The curved ply is the offcut from Illusion's deck beam to give a pleasant curved edge to the blade.
The large gold plate is from my Grandmother's rather nice tea set.

The large gold plate was a tad too large, but 7.5 in and 11in plates fitted a scrap offcut nicely.

 Here is the result with a 1m (39in) ruler for reference. The rudder stock has been made smaller; at first I followed the Paradox style and then noticed the Elusion and Enigma rudder stocks are slimmer with a different pivot location.

The pivot position was chosen carefully so that the blade can retract fully when she is on a road trailer. Remember I want to make the rudder captive for quick setup.