Still not convinced. My boat lived most of it's life at Young's Boatyard. Phil Young is famous for blocking boats correctly. Every C27 in the yard is blocked properly (leading edge built-up blocked). Some have the smile, some don't.
My smile showed up after a season of racing. I've even seen the smile aft of mid keel, with the leading edge in tact. In fact, I can probably get a shot of it if the boat is still there. I saw the same thing on my E 32-2 after a season. The boat was still in the slings....keel flex. Your experience may differ... what's with this FONT? tf Phil Agur wrote: > 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. > > >> > > >
