Hi all,
I have a Macgregor 22 and I can winch the keel down about 33 turns (with the lock bolt in). When I take the lock bolt out and crank it down more, and it goes a little further - and I see the keel edge swinging by (when looking into the trunk lock bolt hole). Then the crank cable just goes loose, as if the keel is somehow wedged in the trunk. The lock bolt hole on the keel never reaches the spot where it would be visible through the trunk lock bolt hole.
I haven’t been able to solve it so I think I’ll drill another lock pin hole in the keel at that lowest point (the farthest the keel will go down).
Are there any issues drilling through the keel? Pretty long bit that’ll be needed? Any other recommendations?
-Jed
I have a Macgregor 22 and I can winch the keel down about 33 turns (with the lock bolt in). When I take the lock bolt out and crank it down more, and it goes a little further - and I see the keel edge swinging by (when looking into the trunk lock bolt hole). Then the crank cable just goes loose, as if the keel is somehow wedged in the trunk. The lock bolt hole on the keel never reaches the spot where it would be visible through the trunk lock bolt hole.
I haven’t been able to solve it so I think I’ll drill another lock pin hole in the keel at that lowest point (the farthest the keel will go down).
Are there any issues drilling through the keel? Pretty long bit that’ll be needed? Any other recommendations?
-Jed