Yes, that's a terrible photo

On Tue, Dec 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM Matt Wolford via CnC-List <
[email protected]> wrote:

> I was wondering the same thing.  However, it’s difficult to see precisely
> what’s going on from the photo.
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> *From:* CHARLES SCHEAFFER via CnC-List <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Monday, December 29, 2025 10:05 PM
> *To:* cnc-list CNC boat owners <[email protected]>
> *Cc:* CHARLES SCHEAFFER <[email protected]>
> *Subject:* Stus-List Is this the beginning of a C&C smile?
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> Trying to answer Pete's original question, it looks more to me like a
> crooked scrape, not a keel joint.  Normally, the C&C smile forms along the
> joint between the lead keel and the fiberglass hull stub, which should be a
> long straight line.  On older designs, with the sweptback keel, the joint
> was angled up from front to back.  The joint curves around the front of the
> keel, forming a smile when looked at from in front of the keel.
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> So, I believe the crooked line in Pete's picture is a scrape across the
> surface, not a seperation of the keel joint.
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> Chuck Scheaffer, Resolute 1989 C&C 34R, Pasadena, Md
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