Swing keel cable failure.

[Frank Carcio]

Any and all suggestions, comments and/or advice would be welcome concerning swing keel cable/pendant failures and the subsequent repair or non-repair of the damage caused by the failure. During an early October storm my Catalina 25 sank at mooring in eight feet of water after the swing keel punched a hole in the hull. Can it be repaired? Should it be repaired? Your thoughts would be appreciated. P.S. the cable was replaced 18 months ago.

 

[Don]

Trunk Repair

Click on the related link below to take you to an article on repairing the swing keel trunk that is on the C25/250 National Association website.Additionally you might want to ask this question at the "Sailor's Forum" at the C25/250 National Association website.

 

[Bayard Gross]

Where did the cable come from?

A year and a half is a fairly short period in which a new keel cable fails.Hence, I wonder from where or whom you obtained your cable? Or did you possibly make a new one yourself?