Nope. The bolts were perfect. They do/did great work. It was a tough one. Rich
> On Oct 30, 2013, at 11:12, "Bill Coleman" <colt...@verizon.net> wrote: > > I hope they didn't heat them to a point where there was any color (colour) > on them, or the chrome will be gone and they may rust. > > Bill Coleman > C&C 39 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Rich > Knowles > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 8:48 AM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List To the barricades! > > The yard that removed my keel took a day and a half to do the job. Apparent > it was epoxied and glassed on to the point they had to heat the bolts to > free them and allow the keel to drop. > > Rich > >> On Oct 30, 2013, at 9:15, Don Siddall <siddal...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> A few years ago I took my 35-1 into a high end repair shop to have the > keel dropped as part of a repair. To lower the keel the boat was lifted up a > few inches off the floor after the nuts on the keel bolts were removed. A > half hour of pounding with wedges and big sledge hammer were required to > lower the keel a few inches. The crew were not used to this. During the > process one of the workers stated "this ain't no bendy toy". This yard has > works on many boats for many years. >> >> Don >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com