Here's my keel today. I knew both starboard and port areas were flaking so we peeled away the areas and it goes past the gel coat and the fibreglass is exposed. I don't know much about this area of the boat.
1. Why is there even gel coat here? Is it just to help provide a cosmetic finish?
2. Isn't our keel just cast iron - the fibreglass just provides a smooth fairing at the keel stub/hull connection, right?
3. What's the fix here?
Can I just sand out the area, slap some epoxy like interprotect, then paint over?
I have no idea why this has happened - I wonder if the previous owner hit something?? I'm getting a local pro shipwright to take a look soon; will ask that they also check the keel nuts are torqued down ok.
Thanks fellow sailors!
Bernie
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1. Why is there even gel coat here? Is it just to help provide a cosmetic finish?
2. Isn't our keel just cast iron - the fibreglass just provides a smooth fairing at the keel stub/hull connection, right?
3. What's the fix here?
Can I just sand out the area, slap some epoxy like interprotect, then paint over?
I have no idea why this has happened - I wonder if the previous owner hit something?? I'm getting a local pro shipwright to take a look soon; will ask that they also check the keel nuts are torqued down ok.
Thanks fellow sailors!
Bernie
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