Hard to tell from the photo but I had a boat surveyed and the keel looked similar to your picture. The surveyor looked aft of the keel, and went inside and promptly removed all the floor boards. It had a grounding, and from what he said had a very poor (cosmetic) repair done.
/John > On Sep 28, 2020, at 5:03 PM, Marek Dziedzic <dziedzi...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Anything can be repaired, but I wouldn't undertake that job - I would walk > away. It is quite possible that the structural stringers in the bottom of the > hull have been broken. > > On the other hand, if you can verify that structurally everything is sound, > it might just need some patching and fairing. Unfortunately, the bottom was > painted - possibly to hide the damage. > > Marek > Ottawa On > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: nausetbe...@optonline.net > Date: 2020-09-28 16:47 (GMT-05:00) > To: 'Stus-List' <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Subject: Stus-List Potential "Next" Boat - Keel Issue ?'s > > I looked at a boat yesterday that seemed like a good contender for a “next” > boat, right up until just prior to leaving I looked more closely at the keel > and found something that does not look particularly good. I am hoping for > some sage advice from the list, as in a) walk away, or b) might be repaired, > and if so what would be entailed and is it worth it. This would have to be > on the current owner’s tab, or a very hefty discount in the price. > > I tried to attach low res pics but that exceeded the list max message size, > so here is a link I hope works: > https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNHJ22k8kS3ukfBzXz67enViRMDw3GAOASwiS49uupKViTIDFeNzLj1LE_pav81Yw?key=QkR1X0FXWlgyclBzY1JYcUtIckRJRGh3dzIyMURR > > The keel has a fairly significant crack extending at least 18” aft from the > leading edge. [The bottom was recently painted and I did not try to follow > it further aft.] That gap [in the attached photos] is at least 3/8” on the > horizontal axis and about ¼” on the vertical. The trailing edge has some > cracks which are not overly visible, again due to the bottom paint. > Unfortunately I did not look closely at / around the keel bolts, nor do I > have any internal photos, as I noticed this after the boat was closed up. > The boat is 4 ½ hours away so getting more photos is not feasible. > > To my untrained eye it appears there was a hard grounding and the keel almost > seems to have shifted aft in addition to down, based on the angle of the line > from the fairing of the hull down to the leading edge of the keel. But there > does not appear to be any movement aft at the trailing edge, though possibly > it was punched up. This does not appear to be along the sump / keel joint as > the crack is angled upwards and is not horizontal. The owner claims there > have been no hard groundings when asked directly, only a handful of soft > groundings, predominantly in sand, but I have read even that can do damage. > The boat was recently under contract and surveyed and that buyer decided > against going forward. The reasons given by the broker did not include any > mention of damage revealed during the survey. I do not have a copy of that > buyers survey. > > Any thoughts on what would need to be done to remedy this, or am I better off > to move on and keep looking? Should the keel be dropped and the keel bolts > examined? Or would there be other, less intrusive / expensive fixes which > would be sufficient and safe? I realize it is difficult to really determine > the best repair without physically examining the boat but any advice on what > likely would be required is appreciated. > > Thanks, > Brian > >
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