Keel Hauling

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Yawl34

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Feb 17, 2006
4
- - Point Roberts, WA
Greetings! My buddy and I sail his ODay 27 (1978) often in BC's Straits of Georgia. As he has moved here recently from the fresh waters of the Great Lakes, we still have a lot of water to ply. My question is: In the aft of his boat's bilge, there are two large ring-bolt (eye-bolt) heads sticking up on a slight lower (fore) to upper (aft) angle, from the keel base. Are these used only in the construction of the boat, maybe to move the hull while building, or could they be somebody's idea of fixes to the keel bolts? I ask because they seem to be, because of their corroded condition, to be of mild steel, and not some SS. If I am seeing an example of the condition of the other keel bolts, then I have to give him the bad news. Anyone else have these, and do you know what they are for?
 
May 19, 2004
23
- - Narragansett Bay
Mine Too

I've got a 25 centerboard model with two eye bolts as well. As mine is a stub keel and not bolted to the hull I would have to guess they're for lifting purposes. Not sure if they're intended to get the boat off a trailer with a jib crane, or like you said just for use during manufacture. Greg
 

Yawl34

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Feb 17, 2006
4
- - Point Roberts, WA
Thanks, Greg, That gives a degree of comfort. Losing the keel has always been a bad omen for me.
 
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