Cat 27 Stainless steel keel bolts

Apr 18, 2009
115
Newport MKIi 30' Channel Is. CA
What year did Catalina 27 start using the stainless steel keel bolts
Thanks
 

RoyS

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Jun 3, 2012
1,742
Hunter 33 Steamboat Wharf, Hull, MA
I had one of those. I think it was a 1974 model. The keel bolts were galvanized and a big disappointment. The nuts in the bilge had corroded to rounded blobs. I contacted Catalina and they sent me a procedure to install additional keel bolts to supplement the corroding ones. Difficult procedure but it did work.