Hi, have hauled quite a few things and if your boat was on the rear of the
trailer even though it was strapped down the straps have flex in them. This is
why most loads are chained down if you do not want it to move. Being on the
back of the trailer let your boat bounce on the keel when it hit a bump and the
driver felt that slap in his seat back of the truck as he came up the road. To
give you an indication of the problem, not too long ago I transported 1950's
bulldozer from Salisbury Md to central Nj. We had to chain the blade up to get
it on the trailer. In less than 175 miles it had bounced enough to loosen the
fuel cap of and becoming lost and the rotor of the shaft of the distributor. So
just think what your boat went through. Fight the trucking company
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I want to thank all of you for your thoughts regarding my keel problem. The
damage to my boat was certainly caused by the hauler, although he claims that
once a boat is lashed down on the flatbed, it cannot move, not even the
slightest, so therefore he is not responsible for anything that happened. It
doesn't seem like he has a good sense of physics. He blames any problems either
on those who put the boat on the trailer or on those who removed it. He wants
to claim that he has no responsibility or control over loading or unloading,
but this makes no sense whatsoever. Is there anyone out there with a sense of
how this works?
I was able to take some of the pressure off the aft end of the keel today by
lifting it some on the stands. The keel is only blocked on the extreme forward
end now. As a result the crack is a bit wider.
thanks, all,
Jon
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
michael mcvey
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 2:24 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: catalina27-talk: Perplexing keel problem after long distance
hauling
Sorry I did not read the full post before, I would not attempt anymore repairs
until I spoke with my insurance agent and a surveyor or a qualified boat yard
with a good rep. from what I have read in the other posts you have received
some real good advice and for the hull to crack like that there is most likely
something that is hidden. I am very practiced with fiberglass repair and this
sound to be a little tough. From all accounts though this does sound as if the
hauler is solely responsible for the damage and I would be in touch with
whoever takes their claims. Best of luck
Mike M
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [email protected]
Subject: catalina27-talk: Perplexing keel problem after long distance hauling
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 22:56:29 -0400
Listees:
I have a serious but perplexing problem resulting from the long-distance haul
of my 1975 C-27. I need your advice.
The boat was hauled from North Carolina to Boston in mid-July, essentially a
return home for the boat and for us. Somewhere along the way the boat was
damaged. When the boat arrived it was lifted off the flatbed and put in the
water. It immediately began to take on water--lots of it. After taking it out
of the water, we discovered a crack at the extreme aft end of the keel at the
hull (at the point where the hull begins to curve down to shape the narrow end
of the keel--perhaps an inch or two down that curve). The crack was only
several inches long around that aft end, perhaps four inches long in all, sort
of shaped like a "u". The leak showed at the inside at the extreme aft end of
the bilge in the passage (under the interior deck) between it and the engine
compartment (boat has an A-4). While the pump kept on top of the leak, it did
so only barely.
A few words about the delivery: The boat had been located on the extreme aft
end of the trailer. A power boat was placed on the front. The inside of the
boat was an absolute mess. Things that I had carefully stowed were strewn about
the boat. Items stowed deep in the after quarter berth were all over the salon
floor in the forward part of the boat. It was an amazing sight that got worse
when the water seeped up from the bilge. Clearly the boat had a very rough trip.
When the boat was first on stands, I was able to ply out some resin from the
hull crack and thought maybe I could make a temporary patch to get it across
Dorchester Bay to my yacht club. I used Marine Tex. The fix looked good, but as
soon as the hydraulic trailer begin to lift it from the stands and blocks, it
cracked with a "snap." It had returned. After a short haul on a hydraulic
trailer to the club, I removed the broken Marine Tex, opened the crack up as
best I could, and we used West (resin, filler) and some cloth and fashioned a
repair. When it was sealed on the outside, using a flashlight, I was able to
locate what seemed to be a crack of sorts in the bilge in that passage leading
to the engine compartment, where it seemed the water had come in. I poured
resin into it, hoping it would seep down.
Today, when we lifted the boat off the stands to put it in the water, the
same thing happened, a snap, and then a 1/8 in wide, several inch long crack
appeared. This work was done by someone with a great deal of experience using
West resins.
What is going on? The bilge looks fine. Four years ago, I employed the
Catalina Direct keel bolt upgrade and installed ss lags. I did this only as a
precaution because the original bolts looked, well, rusted, but no worse than
other Catalinas. My bilge has always been clean and dry. I see nothing amiss
there now. There is no Catalina smile on this boat an no other external
indications of a problem anywhere along the keel.
Jon
C-27 1858
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