I have to agree with Dwight on the backing plates, ESPECIALLY the aft most one, I think. It looks like they cut the edges off the stack of washers, so the nut would fit in that tight space with a socket. I can see where the washers rotated with the tightening, and are chewing into the fiberglass big time. Maybe a 3/8” plate that just fits into that space, then either a short piece of heavywall SS Pipe as a spacer and then a couple washers, or take that stack of washers and orient them correctly, and compress them with a bolt onto the backing plate, and have a welder fuse them together with a TIG without getting it too hot. Just enough to keep them from rotating. Then put in back in and tighten it up to specs.
Bill Coleman Entrada, Erie, PA From: dwight veinot via CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com] Sent: Monday, January 03, 2022 11:31 AM To: Stus-List Cc: dwight veinot Subject: Stus-List Re: 25 MKII - Smiling? You can fix that. Yes grind it out and clean surfaces well with acetone soaked rags. Use a brush and apply West system epoxy to cleaned surfaces. The fill the gap(s) with silica thickened epoxy putty. Then a couple of layers of epoxy soaked glass matte. Grind to shaped and fair with polyester resin like lightweight car body filler. Torque keel bolts to spec before the crack repair and replace the washers with larger 3/8 inch stainless steel backing plates. On Sun, 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 <https://photos.app.goo.gl/TVsmhMAwwJUQEEee8> 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 -- Sent from Gmail Mobile
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
