No it is definitely from doing proper level waterline Island Packet style
blocking on a Catalina 27. The Catalina 27 has a keel bottom the slopes down
to the rear and extends back behind the keel trunk. Level the boat on a flat
hard surface and only the unsupported keel tip will be touching. The back
get pushed up and the front pulls down by cold flowing the FRP keel trunk
floor.
I think my brother's IP must have a 20 foot flat on the bottom of the keel
but I would not be smiling at all if a yard improperly blocked my C27 for
the winter. I've even heard of skippers paying for the repairs based on the
yards mistake so there is lots of miss information about the Catalina Smile
out there.
Phil Agur s/v Wing Tip (a C270)
Secretary, Call Sign WCW3485
IC27/270A MMSI 366901790
www.catalina27.org Vessel Doc# 1039809
----- Original Message -----
From: "tim ford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: Dry Sailing a Catalina 27
I was always under the impression that the "smile" was more a function of
stresses encountered when under sail, e.g., falling off a wave in a big
chop or piling on a bunch of canvas and racing in 25 kn, that
kind-o-thing.
Certainly seems that a lotta weight on keel sumps (that went thru a range
of
building conditions and materials) is likely to cause significant
flexxing in breezier conditions and it seems like this would be the
source of keel joint separation, rather than the way the boat is blocked
up
for the off-season.
hey, what's with this font?
tf
David Shugarts wrote:
With my C-27 and people being more careful when they set the boat on land
each fall, we put an extra 3/4 inch, or even 1-1/2 inch underneath the
forward end of the keel, relative to the aft end. I have had the boat
eight
years and no "smile" has developed.
--Dave S.
