, February 11, 2019 10:39 AM
To: Neil Andersen; cnc-list@cnc-list.com; cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: RE: Stus-List [EXTERNAL] Re: Prepping for 35-1 Keel Bolts/Smile Fix
That did not prove to be an issue. If the keel is crooked you have a LOT bigger
issues than loose bolts!
Joe Della Barba
Coquina
C 35
: Della Barba, Joe
Subject: Re: Stus-List [EXTERNAL] Re: Prepping for 35-1 Keel Bolts/Smile Fix
But how could you tell the boat was leaning on the keel evenly?
Neil Andersen
20691 Jamieson Rd
Rock Hall, MD 21661
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, Joe
Subject: Re: Stus-List [EXTERNAL] Re: Prepping for 35-1 Keel Bolts/Smile Fix
I wasn’t worried about the keel falling off. Just sitting still in the slip I
could probably take half of them off.
The reason I tighten them on the hard is twofold – I don’t want to strip the
threads using the nuts
] Re: Prepping for 35-1 Keel Bolts/Smile Fix
Russ, it is my belief that the idea behind any torque spec is that it is
applied when no "pull in" stress is being applied. Does it matter too much for
keel bolt? I don't know. 2 the 8 of mine are under the mast so I'm not going
to torque
Russ, it is my belief that the idea behind any torque spec is that it is
applied when no "pull in" stress is being applied. Does it matter too much
for keel bolt? I don't know. 2 the 8 of mine are under the mast so I'm
not going to torque the bolts very often but when I do it will be as
Not sure of the pros and cons of either way, but I always torque the bolts prior to splashing the boat...as do the members of my club, as far as I have observed.
Bill Bruce
Landfall 38
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I've always wondered why there is an insistence amongst some East
Coast members to retorque keel-bolts on the hard.
On the Left Coast the boats are out of the water for only a day or
three and it seems too valuable to do something as mundane as
resetting keel nuts!
check the chart:
Even more so when you loosen them!
You asked if there was anything you were missing. A critical step is to be on
the hard when you torque the bolts.
Josh Muckley
S/V Sea Hawk
1989 C 37+
Solomons, MD
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