Re: catalina27-talk: Doing the Keel right and other issues.

[CThoring]

Someone out here in the Bay Area did that.  Yard drilled holes horizontal through keel then drilled down through bilge with stainless rod.  Secured washers, nuts on bottom, filled in holes.  Was pretty expensive  if I remember right.  Another yard tried to take the keel of a C27.  Cut off keel bolts in bilge, bounced it up and down in sling,  took crow bar, sledge hammer, etc and still had one real difficult time getting it off.  Said they would never do it again.       Clyde Thorington ex C27 now C30 ILEAN2 San Jose, CA