seperation crack inbetween hull and keel what 2 do

[Sean O'Brien]

The keel is in rought shape after taking it out of the water the fiberglass that was in the keel where the keel mates to the boat is seperated and some of 5the fiber glass is missing there is cltarly a crack line where the 2 meet toghther I shook the keel from the bottom befor lowering it on to the trailor it seems solid but deffinitly needs to be fixed some how

 

[John]

sounds nasty

but its not a bad fix. Just grind around the keeldown to good glass or lead then clean with solvent fill all the deep holes with thicked epoxy filler then glass three layers of glass around the keel then fill the out side grind with filler and smooth epoxy coat for water proofing prime and paint.make sure that your keel is torked on tight, for a C30 the speck is around 105 lbs but the guys from Cataline said that it could be as tight as i could get it make sure that the keel stub is not rotten. John