I don't see why not. As you can see in the attached pic. All the plates are individual - even for the bolts that are side by side. The only thing to consider is that if the surface is not totally flush underneath - the plates are not going to hold as well. I ended up using marine construction epoxy resin under all the plates to eliminate any air gap and insure a good fit.
I used stainless lock nuts for the hardware - ordered it from here. http://www.mcmaster.com/ I had a tool & die shop make up the plates for me - if anyone is interested I can talk to them about making up more sets. Derek.- ________________________________ From: Brandon Snider <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, May 9, 2009 7:02:16 PM Subject: Re: [IC27A] Source of the Catalina smile. Is it possible to this with the boat in the water? Taking off one nut at a time to add backing plates? Thanks Brandon On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 7:00 PM, Brandon Snider <richardbrandonsnide [email protected]> wrote: Thanks, I think thats a good idea. Makes sense to me, this why I like to do my own work, you catch things like that others may just look over. Thanks Brandon On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Derek Atkin <atkin...@yahoo. com> wrote: [Attachment(s) from Derek Atkin included below] This is by no means gospel. just my thought. Attached is a shot of the front-most keel boat washer. As you can see its now conical in shape. If you take the movement of the bolt due to washer deformation and the collapse of the surface underneath - you can certainly see why a tolerance grows and thus allows the keel to drop a little and generate a crack. I have also attached a shot of my remedy. 3/4" aluminum blocks that are acting to spread the load of the keel on the keel floor. If you look around the bole - you can see the larger flat washer - which is about the same size as the washer on the original fitting. I had plates made for every keel bolt, significantly increasing the surface area that spreads the load for each keel bolt. They are fitted with stainless lock-nuts and washers and were set in epoxy to take up any surface irregularities. Hopefully this increased support will prevent and further separation between the boat and the keel. Derek Atkin #4297 -- Richard "Brandon" Snider 843-616-3124 -- Richard "Brandon" Snider 843-616-3124
