I wasn’t worried about the keel falling off. Just sitting still in the slip I could probably take half of them off. The reason I tighten them on the hard is twofold – I don’t want to strip the threads using the nuts to pull the keel up and I am not sure how to even evaluate the torque corrections for hundreds or thousands of pounds of strain on the bolts.
Joe Della Barba Coquina C&C 35 MK I From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Josh Muckley via CnC-List Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2019 11:49 PM To: C&C List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Josh Muckley <muckl...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List [EXTERNAL] Re: Prepping for 35-1 Keel Bolts/Smile Fix Russ, it is my belief that the idea behind any torque spec is that it is applied when no "pull in" stress is being applied. Does it matter too much for keel bolt? I don't know. 2 the 8 of mine are under the mast so I'm not going to torque the bolts very often but when I do it will be as "proper" as possible. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Sun, Feb 10, 2019, 2:16 AM Russ & Melody via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: I've always wondered why there is an insistence amongst some East Coast members to retorque keel-bolts on the hard. On the Left Coast the boats are out of the water for only a day or three and it seems too valuable to do something as mundane as resetting keel nuts! check the chart: https://www.engineersedge.com/hardware/torque_vs_tension_bolts_13355.htm one bolt will hold at least three or more keels to the bottom. Has there been bad experience torgue'ng keelbolts while floating? Cheers, Russ ex- Sweet 35 mk-1
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