Hello Kristian, I am the new owner of Orca. You are correct the keel design is significantly different. Here's a photo of her keel now.Does anyone have the original drawings of this design? There is a curious but significant difference between ORCA and VANITY. The keel and rudder designs are different for some reason. I wonder which design is the original one - and more importantly: Why has this alteration been made?
Nice! I can't wait to see your progress photos. That notch is how they used to install the depth sounders. You'll find it inside the hull, above that notch, with wires attached. I have the same cut on my Challenger. The hulls are so thick in that area they needed the cut just to allow the fitting to through bolt. No structural problems, the hull is massive along there.Just purchased Orca. Can't wait to get started in her refit. Can someone please share information why on the front of her keel this notch exist?
There seems to be a pipe or hose extending about two inches from it.
You could mount another transducer inside the hull using the various (search here) methods that work without drilling a hole in the hull.Yes this is the ad I found. Went down this past week and boy has this boat changed more than multiple owners. Should I be concerned with this notch? There is a drawing located inside the boat depicting it existences on the keel. She needs more than TLC and re-powering.
Those are deck drains, 2 per side located amidships. There should be a small bronze drain plate (about 2X2" X 1/8"), that fits into each gain that is cut into the solid deck that leaves them flush to the deck.Can you please provide functions of these two cutouts located on port side of deck?
The plates would have to be fabricated but the design is simple and should be easy for any metal shop (or even a hobbyist), especially a marine shop that deals in bronze.Those drain gates are missing. Can they be ordered or custom made? Oh yeah, someone patched up the toe rail and left as is.