I got ................... let's see, two quarters, a dime, and a ball of lint that says it's lead .This is now a puzzle to figure out or is it a pool?
Who's for lead?
What do I win ? ? ? ? Don't contact me unless I won something .
I got ................... let's see, two quarters, a dime, and a ball of lint that says it's lead .This is now a puzzle to figure out or is it a pool?
Who's for lead?
I'm saying it's lead, if it were steel it would have to have been welded in pieces to make that shape, unless it was cast steel, and I'm doubtful any company would go to that expense.This is now a puzzle to figure out or is it a pool?
Who's for lead?
Who's for iron?
Who's for steel?
Aluminum?
Glass?
Other?
Maybe we can give odds for each?
I bet on steel. The wing seems too thin to be lead. I think lead that thin would bend on a soft grounding, so not the best design choice for wings. Iron doesn't bend well, but steel bends better.
not sure about the "extremely high temperature" part (at least 800 degrees, is that evenly high?), but it's lost strength and will loose more from bending back unless annealed properly.
Maybe a heavier timber, 4x4? But that's essentially the idea I'd favor. You can even do it slowly, over days.
-Will (Dragonfly)
Not correct - most Hunters from early 90's to 2008 had lead keels, and all wing keels until 2007/2008 were lead. what rgranger said is correct - you should use moderate heat to soften the lead and wood blocks and a sledge to bend it straight. trying to bend it cold might crack the wing - and the keel is molded in one piece. fairing putty can be used to fill any minor gouges. We've done this with several wing keelsand it's worked well, just take your timemost hunters had steel keels instead of lead. Lead is a soft metal, I would be surprised hunter would have made a wing keel at of lead. One way to be sure is to try to drill a small hole into it. Steel is a much harder alloy then lead and is very difficult to drill. Lead on the other hand is soft and the drill bit will easily bore into it.
I would consult a black smith or metal forger and seek there recommendations.
Steel or lead loses a lot of its strength after it's been bent. I believe the metal needs to be heated to a extremely high temperature or it can break off if you ate onto bend it back.
Our keel looks just like that (without the bend) but it's cast iron. It was pretty rusty when we got the boat.Happened a few times to us over the years in the Bahamas and like everyone else to whom this happened, I just banged back the fin with a small sledge. Lead is a pliable metal. Consider yourself fortunate you don’t have an iron keel.
I got stuck on a rebar going through Kent Narrows, MD some years ago. It bent the starboard wing up some but did not compromise the integrity of the keel or the attachment point. The service manager at my marina advised against working the keel because they felt that EITHER the keep could be damaged further, the attachment point could be damaged, or nothing could be accomplished and I would be out several thousand dollars for nothing. To be fair, my wing is not bent as badly as yours but it still sails well with no tack bias that I can detect. I would consult with your marina service department or if you can find one, a local Hunter service and inquire how to proceed...if at all. My boat is a 1998 Hunter 410.Hi, I have a Hunter 320 and we hit a rock in the keel and it twisted one of the fins. Has anyone had to repair something like that? How do I fix it?
It is really necessary to fix it?
Thanks for the help
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That is a different take.I got stuck on a rebar going through Kent Narrows, MD some years ago. It bent the starboard wing up some but did not compromise the integrity of the keel or the attachment point. The service manager at my marina advised against working the keel because they felt that EITHER the keep could be damaged further, the attachment point could be damaged, or nothing could be accomplished and I would be out several thousand dollars for nothing. To be fair, my wing is not bent as badly as yours but it still sails well with no tack bias that I can detect. I would consult with your marina service department or if you can find one, a local Hunter service and inquire how to proceed...if at all. My boat is a 1998 Hunter 410.
I have raced on one boat that had a silicon bronze keel with 6'-6" draft and ballast / displacement ratio of 56%. Of course that was due to the big bulb of lead that was attached to the bottom.So, let’s straighten out something. We have keels of iron and lead. Do we have steel ones as well? (See post #16, et al.) Is an “iron” keel actually of steel? What are we discussing? Cast iron versus steel, cast iron versus lead, or steel versus cast iron, or something else? Educate me!
KG
Of course that was due to the big bulb of lead that was attached to the bottom.