This is a 1987 vintage Kens Welding fabricated trailer for my H-23. The plywood base has rotted away and I need to reconstruct this along with the keel guide stubs that were there. Does anyone have templates so I can properly size and locate the keel guides in the correct position, spacing and angles? Anyone with a functional trailer like this can provide some measurements. Much appreciated.
Need details for reconstructing keel guide on H-23 trailer
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Give me a little bit
Theres one in the boatyard. I can take some pics for you (My 23 has a centerboard and no wing, so my keel setup is probably different)
Theres one in the boatyard. I can take some pics for you (My 23 has a centerboard and no wing, so my keel setup is probably different)
No need...
I have the same trailer and replaced the plywood two years ago. I put some outdoor carpet on the marine plywood mostly to just make it look a little better. The keel stub can be more of a problem than it is worth. As you haul an H23 out of the water the hull can't come any farther forward than the winch so you don't need the stub to stop the keel, but if she isn't quite centered the keel can sit on the stub and you have to back in again and work at getting her centered. Without the stub she can be an inch or so either way and sit just fine. I'm happier without the keel stub.
I have the same trailer and replaced the plywood two years ago. I put some outdoor carpet on the marine plywood mostly to just make it look a little better. The keel stub can be more of a problem than it is worth. As you haul an H23 out of the water the hull can't come any farther forward than the winch so you don't need the stub to stop the keel, but if she isn't quite centered the keel can sit on the stub and you have to back in again and work at getting her centered. Without the stub she can be an inch or so either way and sit just fine. I'm happier without the keel stub.
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I HAVE A KENS WELDING SERVICE TRAILER, FOR 1987 H-23 WING KEEL. I WILL SEND YOU PICTURES TODAY. BLAINE
I HAVE A KENS WELDING SERVICE TRAILER, FOR 1987 H-23 WING KEEL. I WILL SEND YOU PICTURES TODAY. BLAINE
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