Keel: My boatyard did something similar when we replaced the keel. They prepped the joint surfaces with the intention of glassing the joint, ground a six inch bevel into the fiberglass stub, and the top edge of the lead keel. They cleaned out all the bolt holes, buttered the keel joint, lowered the hull onto the keel and got it all lined up so it was centerline and in line vertically. Once it was all lined up, they filled the hole voids from inside with an epoxy/glass fibers mixture and then tightened all the nuts on the keel bolts. Then they wrapped the joint w two layers of 1708. Fairing took the most time, painted the new fairing w interprotect, bottom paint, launch. They advised me never to touch the keel bolt nuts as the epoxy and fiberglass was really holding it all together. It's been tight for 12 years. Work done by Down Jersey in Greenwich, NJ.
Chuck, Resolute, 1989 C&C 34R, Pasadena, Md > On April 25, 2020 at 12:14 PM ALAN BERGEN via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Welcome to the list, David. Where are you/your boat located? Here's how I > did the smile repair on my boat: > > Dropped the keel. Flushed out the keel bolt holes. The forward bolt hole > (which was under the mast) had a void around it, and a terrible smell when it > was flushed out. The yard ground the surface of the keel and the stub, filled > the void with a gallon of epoxy (yes, a gallon), and epoxied the keel to the > stub. New washers were fabricated (large square stainless, tapered so that > the old washers and nuts would lay flat against the new washers). The old > washers were replaced with the newly fabricated washers, and then placed on > top of the new washers with the nuts torqued to spec. Finally the smile was > covered with fiberglass and epoxy. After more than ten years, the smile > hasn't returned, and I haven't had to torque the nuts again. > > Some members of the list used a flexible seal instead of epoxy between > the stub and the keel. I don't know how that worked for them. I'll be on my > boat this wee4k, and I'll try to take some pictures of the keel bolt washers. > > Alan Bergen > 35 Mk III Thirsty (1984) > Rose City YC > Portland, OR >
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