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panhead1948 Posted - 06/03/2019 : 17:10:52
I have a 84 Fixed heel. Can anyone ne tell me how the keel is constructed. Was the keel bolted on and then the fiberglass pieces assembled around the Keel?
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Stinkpotter Posted - 06/05/2019 : 07:25:30
Ah HAH! They suggest getting the wood out of there and adding laminate. The line at the bottom suggests they eliminated the wood core in the stub in 1988.
SKS Posted - 06/05/2019 : 02:53:48
islander Posted - 06/04/2019 : 14:37:59
I agree with Dave and think the fiberous white mystery material was sprayed on. Just a guess on that.
Stinkpotter Posted - 06/04/2019 : 09:28:36
Is it cast iron or fiber-glassy-like material encasing a lead core? I'm not sure when they changed from the former to the latter--my '85 is lead, and I think the change to that was about 1984. Another sign that it's lead is the bolts and nuts are stainless steel--not rusting mild steel.

(I invite Bill Holcomb to correct any of this... )


Either way, the hull was molded with a 6-8" "stub" for the keel--the stub has a wood core in the bottom that the keel bolts go through. The lead keel is made with the bolts (studs) molded into it. I suspect but don't know that the casing, which was a fibrous material similar to the asbestos they used to coat boilers with, was applied around the lead after the keel was bolted to the stub, and then was apparently coated with some resin to create a hard shell. The reason I think that is there was no visible seam between my keel and the stub like there is with the cast iron keels. I assumed the fibrous material was applied to match the shape of the earlier iron keel, the lead core being smaller to keep the ballast weight the same. If something "runs into" the lead keel, as it did slightly with mine and seriously with an '86 I saw that was really messed up, you'll see what I'm talking about.

(BTW, I've long believed that compression of the wood core in the keel stub has been the principle cause of the "Catalina smile" that develops between the forward part stub and the keel--but that's just a suspicion.)

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