Will, as someone who is going to be lifting the hull off of my keel in a month or so, thanks for sound advice.
Happy Thanksgiving to you too. Best, Dave Godwin 1982 C&C 37 - Ronin Reedville - Chesapeake Bay Ronin’s Overdue Refit <http://roninrebuild.blogspot.com/> > On Nov 26, 2014, at 1:50 PM, Will Harris via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > I've been following the conversation about Keel Bolts and cracks. While we > didn't build your boats, I do have some general advice... > > Cracks - It is easy to think that a crack indicates something is breaking. > Really, it means that something HAS BROKEN. A crack around the keel is > potentially very serious. If it is just the C&C smile, not as serious, but > if you find cracks in the laminate, or the structure or any of the tabbing, > get it looked at! > > They will not heal themselves, and the consequences are really, really bad. > Addressed early, the repairs may not even be too expensive. > > Torque > > In some of these threads, it seems like people are going to extremes torqing > up the nuts. My guess is that you are trying to lift the keel up to the hull > with the nuts. Don't do that! I don't know the exact bolts you may have, so > I can't give you exact numbers, but that information is easy to find. > > All over torquing does is increases the odds of stripping, galling or > breaking a bolt. Even if you don't cause your keel to fall off, breaking a > bolt is a huge headache. > > The proper tool is the Travellift and a good operator. To re-seat the keel, > make sure that the travellift sits the hull down flush on the keel. The nuts > are just there to keep it there. > > Happy Thanksgiving > > Will Harris > C&C Yachts > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page > at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >
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