I also noticed that the keel on my 30 MKII wiggled alarming during lift out this year. Our club lifts as a group with a crane with very long straps. It was very windy so the straps were vibrating in the breeze (gale?) which transferred to the hull and caused the keel to wiggle. In my case I believe the fibreglass keel stub was flexing, not the joint at the keel bolts. After being alarmed by this on my boat I paid closer attention to the subsequent boats coming out and observed that some of those wiggled too but not to the same degree as mine. I have inspected the structure around the bilge to the extent that it’s visible and don’t see any issues. I’m very interested in hearing opinions from this list about how much keel movement is normal.
Julian Norris C&C 30-2 Halifax, N.S. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 2, 2022, at 3:32 PM, Stephen Kidd via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > > Happy New Year! We're hoping to get some insights on an issue we are having > with our keel. We recently had our 25 MKII hauled for some winter projects > and were surprised to see that the keel "wiggled" when the boat was on the > travel lift, a little bit laterally. > > I've uploaded some photos of the keel and the keel bolts. Here are some > observations: > 1) No signs of weeping from the keel joint and no visible separation when > lifted from the stands. > 2) None of the keel bolts (3 in total) leak. > 3) Crack at the aft end doesn't look typical of the C&C smile based on > internet searches. > > Should we torque the keel bolts, grind out the crack, fill (G-flex?), fair, > and paint, or is this beyond a "smile" fix? > > Thanks! > Stephen > > > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
