Dennis, I take some issue with the problem normally being toque on the bolts . . . I believe the biggest reason is there is a plastic boat sump (which distorts slightly) up against a solid cast lead blob which does Not distort at all. We chased that problem for years and minimized it, but a fiberglass sump flexes – the curved fiberglass shape just outboard of the washers straightens and returns slightly so that outboard area cannot be solidly connected to the lead. I’d haven’t seen the ‘smile’ so large that there is any real worry, but I may have just not been around enough . . . The repairs suggested certainly do a great job in making it go away, so I’m all for that. Personally, I know the safety factor of the bolts holding the keel on is 5 : 1, so there is no structural worry. On my boat, I just epoxy over it and accept that I’ll have to do it again . . .
Cheers, Rob Ball C&C 34
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