We had our keel off once a few years ago, to check the keel bolts, and to do some repairs to the the keel sump where there had been some excessive material removed in an earlier repair. Our keel weighs 7000 lbs but with the nuts off, hanging on it own weight on just the bolts it didn't move at all. Wedges were needed to break it loose and then a couple of very short hydraulic jacks slipped into the gap to push the keel the rest of the way off past the keel bolts. They tell me there was about 10,000 lbs. of pressure on the jacks to push the keel bolts and keel down and off.
That thing was not going to fall off on its own. ...and on examination the keel bolts were perfect, not the slightest sign of crevice corrosion or any other issues. Ken Heaton S/V Salazar - Can 54955 C&C 37/40 XL - Hull # 67 Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia https://c-c-37-40.blogspot.ca/p/salazar.html On Tue, 12 Feb 2019 at 14:32, bwhitmore via CnC-List <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Rob! > > > > Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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