I worked on one of these a few years ago and the shroud chain plates looked scary. Inspect them well.
Dennis C. On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 7:15 AM, steve olive via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > A local community sailing organization has been given an old Crusader. She > has been a project boat for 10-12 years and a couple of owners so she's in > pieces right now. I'm working on putting her back together. My immediate > issues are the keel and board. I want to check and tighten the bolts. > Someone has covered each keel bolt with putty and then several layers of > fiberglass cloth. They did the same or the centerboard pin. This has kept > the stainless dry and when I chipped away the putty the bolts look new. The > boat is currently on the hard. When we hauled her there was a gap around > the hull keel joint. When she was blocked up and the load put on the keel > the gap did close some. I intend to clean out the gap and use G Flex to > fill with a layer of tape on the outside to fair. Question 1. Does anyone > know how many keel bolts there are in this boat? I have found 9 but there > looks like a couple more mounds at the end of the keel but I don't know if > they are bolts. Secondly, the centerboard is out of the boat because the > hole that the pivot pin goes through rusted away and the board left the > boat. The board I have appears to be 1/4" steel plate wrapped with glass. > The pivot 'ear' is completely gone. Question 2. Does anyone know where I > can find a drawing with dimensions of the board? I have a local machine > ready to cut a new one but need to have those dimensions. Thanks! > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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