Keel bolts should be torqued with the boat on the hard. It's like any
other bolted connection, you want to tighten it before you put the load
on the connection so that you pretension the bolts and compress the
joint. For a boat, that's before the weight of the keel is hanging on
the bolts.
Neil Gallagher
Weatherly 35-1
Glen Cove, NY
On 9/22/2017 11:53 AM, Bruce Whitmore via CnC-List wrote:
Hi Josh,
Quick question which I've wrestled with in my mind - Why torque the
keel bolts on the hard? Since the keel will spend most of its time
hanging from the bottom of the boat in the water, isn't it better to
torque the bolts in the specific situation where the stresses will be
applied?
Thanks for the insights,
Bruce Whitmore
(847) 404-5092 (mobile)
bwhitm...@sbcglobal.net
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*From:* Josh Muckley via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
*To:* C&C List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
*Cc:* Josh Muckley <muckl...@gmail.com>
*Sent:* Friday, September 22, 2017 10:15 AM
*Subject:* Re: Stus-List question about a C&C 30 mkii keel
C&C smile. This is common where the lead keel meets the fiberglass
keel stub. First order of business is to torque/check of the keel
bolts. This is done on the hard. Then check for water ingress in the
water. From the pictures it looks like someone else already did some
fill work.
Worst case scenario you'll have to drop the keel and re-bed.
Second to worst case is that you'll use some type of epoxy and filler
and fiberglass to patch a bandaid around the crack.
Josh Muckley
S/V Sea Hawk
1989 C&C 37+
Solomons, MD
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