Hunter 22 swing keel material?

[jbreland]

May be a stupid questonLooking for Hunter 22 for salelooking at pictures of a H22 for sale.Is the swing keel on a H22 cast iron? I'm conused because in all the pictures I seeI cant see a winch to winch the keel up(like Cat 22 etc)I just see a rope.Or is it that the ballast is low in the hull and the actual keel is some lighter materiallike fiberglass etc.

 

[Tim]

Foan/Glass

The swing keel is made ofr foam-filled fiberglass. Very durable, yet it only weighs about 50 lbs. The ballast comes from 1,300 lbs of lead in the bilge. You raise the keel with a rope which comes out of the front of the table.

 

[Annie]

Hunter 22' - Broken Swing Keel - Need help

I'm a new owner of a Hunter 22'. It's swing keel broke loose on the former owner, it wore the peg and otehr fittings, eventually wearing a hole in the boat and it sank. I'm now trying to repair it and am looking for references as to what a proper swing keel fitting would look like. Any ideas where I might find such knowledge? Thanks for any suggestions. Annie of "Cute and Useful", signing out.