How much tension in the Rudder Pivot Pin?

Thanks so much to all the frequent contributors out there. I appreciate all your solutions and encouragements.

I sailed a new-to-me minifish yesterday and I'm still on cloud nine. I haven't sailed a boat that simple since my teens, and it lived up to every joyous memory. The problem: About the middle of the lake, after 15 minutes of sheer elation, the rudder popped out and I was SOL. After various attempts to about the boat and somehow travel without a rudder, I was about to take off my...

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