The hole in my keel must be too long to keep the keel high enough to lock into place with the second bolt.
I tried to lock it into place for the first time yesterday and found that the hole was 1/8" too low.
I am going to continue to sail until January or February when it is too cold for me to sail and then fix it. For now I put a 1/2" bolt in the hole to block the keel. I wrapped the bolt in electrical tape to give it some cushion. There is no way I am going to let this stop me from sailing.
I don't know how to weld cast iron so I plan to take it to a shop and have them weld the hole back in it's original position.
The only other solution would be to drill a hole lower in the keel trunk after filling the original hole but that seems like a bad solution.
I have pictures of the keel but will have to add them later because they are on another computer. I pulled the keel, sandblasted, painted with metal protection paint and then barrier paint, and then bottom coat. It has been working pretty well. It has a few rust stains coming through so a redo will do more than just fix the hole.
I tried to lock it into place for the first time yesterday and found that the hole was 1/8" too low.
I am going to continue to sail until January or February when it is too cold for me to sail and then fix it. For now I put a 1/2" bolt in the hole to block the keel. I wrapped the bolt in electrical tape to give it some cushion. There is no way I am going to let this stop me from sailing.
I don't know how to weld cast iron so I plan to take it to a shop and have them weld the hole back in it's original position.
The only other solution would be to drill a hole lower in the keel trunk after filling the original hole but that seems like a bad solution.
I have pictures of the keel but will have to add them later because they are on another computer. I pulled the keel, sandblasted, painted with metal protection paint and then barrier paint, and then bottom coat. It has been working pretty well. It has a few rust stains coming through so a redo will do more than just fix the hole.