Keel material

[picarisque]

Does anyone know what the keel on a 2008 Hunter 33 is made of?

 

[JamesG161]

Hunters have use a Lead/Antimony metal. If I guessed at your Owner manual number, it said LEAD.

But you can find your manual at...

http://www.marlow-hunter.com/export/Owners-Manuals/

Jim...

 

[Crazy Dave Condon]

If you really want to know, ask Marlow Hunter if they would be willing to look at the old records. However there is another way. Look at the hull number and determine when the hull was laid. You could then contact Mars Metals in Cananda who made the keels for Hunter and find out when they stopped shipping lead keels to Hunter Marine.

 

[chuckwayne]

Crazy Dave's idea is a good one - 2007/2008 is when they transitioned to iron keels, but it wasn't all at once even within models. The sure way to tell is to look at your keel - the iron keels are much larger than the lead ones, and have very large bulbs that are tapered fore-aft but not side to side