Do it right and you may not have to fix again. Agree the keel probsbly aint gonna fall off and The ss bolts and nuts are morr than adequate but some of us just dont want to see thst ugly smile on the hard and let it could widen. The fix is good and very much worth the small effort and expense required to do i
On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 4:22 PM Rob Ball via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > 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* > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile
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