Interesting read. Fortunately Callisto's keel and bolts seem to be in great shape. One thing not covered in the article was lightning damage. A friend's Hylas was just discovered to have keel damage caused by a lightning strike, and had to have the keel dropped and re-bedded, and presumably some bolts re-cast into it. Fortunately insurance covered it, even though the strike occurred several years ago on the east coast.
-- Shawn Wright shawngwri...@gmail.com S/V Callisto, 1974 C&C 35 https://www.facebook.com/SVCallisto On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 6:31 AM Dave S via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Interesting indeed - especially the part about freeze/thaw keel casting > failures. he attributes these to bolt deterioration, but I expect that > leaking bedding, imperfect casting, or lose bolts may also contribute. > > Here’s what casting failure looks like: > > https://cncwindstar.blogspot.com/2016/09/mid-1980s-c-keel-issues.html?m=1 > > Dave Syer 33-2 > > > > >
