I have a Gulf Coast Brand Model 23 I have no idea if it has a swing keel or fixed keel. The only information I could find was a sales booklet which states it has a swing keel. I have searched for the crank access but haven't been able to located it anywhere. I have had several people stop by to show me and they couldn't find it either. Anyone out there know someone who has a Gulf Coast that I can contact? I'm tied to the dock until I find out.
Swing Keel or Fixed Keel that is the Question
- Thread starter MiltonB
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Do you have a hole in the cockpit sole about 6" aft of the companionway? Is there a tube (probably rubber) leading from this hole to the top of the swing keel well? Does it ever go on a trailer? If not someone probably dropped the keel and cut the cable. Anything can happen in 45 years. If I remember correctly from the 70s the one I sailed on (one time only) had a winch over the hole in the cockpit built like a come a long with a handle you stuck in and moved fore and aft. The last picture in this old, for sale ad has an electric winch. Take a dive, like rpludwig suggest.
Gulf Coast 23 sailboat for sale
Gulf Coast 23, 1971, Port Isabel, Texas, $1,500
www.sailingtexas.com
