Derek,
What you've done is correct but here's the rub. The bottom of the keel slope downward to the rear. If the yard ignores that and levels the boat's waterline (which is normal practice) excess pressure is placed on the rear tip of the keel. That excess pressure deforms the floor of the keel stub over the next few weeks and months and you get the "Catalina Smile" in the spring. I've never heard mention of blocking the front of the cradle as a fix to get her draining correctly, but that said, if you've got the boat supported correctly in the cradle I'd be inclined to block the front too. Normally I'd suggest the keel blocking be sloped but that would have you starting over at this point. Phil Agur <http://www.catalina27.org/public_pages/profile270.htm> s/v Wing Tip C270 LE #184 MMSI 366901790 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Derek Atkin Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 11:19 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [IC27A] Boat angle sitting on cradle I uploaded a pic of the boat as it sits on its cradle: http://www.opus45. <http://www.opus45.com/pics/c27_cradle.jpg> com/pics/c27_cradle.jpg I just redid everything to catalina spec - yet there still appears to be a pitch problem. The boat sits to low in the front - so it doesn't drain off the decks or in the cockpit area. I would assume a normal fix is to have the yard put some support under the front of the cradle. The boat seems to sit fine on the cradle - is this just normal? Thanks Derek #4297 79 C27 "Selene" [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
