Keel bolt

Should be 5 feet long. Is just over 5 inches long. Looked fine until we took it out. This particular bolt was under the engine, which is why we took the engine out and as long as it was out, had it rebuilt. Allen [image: Inline image 1]

Yikes! I see this all the time when contractors use cadmium plated hardware, 3/8" lag screws, to fasten into red wood stringers on solar panels, some on apartment buildings tilted steeply, just waiting for a good gale wind to blow them down, tons of metal and glass, several stories. We hope they don't land on anyone, but that's not right. Good thing you pulled the bolt. Last thing you need to do is drop the keel and capsize out in the Bay. Very embarrassing. Jerry From: Allen Edwards <al… [at] gmail.com> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 4:50 PM Subject: [Cal_Boats] Keel Bolt Should be 5 feet long. Is just over 5 inches long. Looked fine until we took it out. This particular bolt was under the engine, which is why we took the engine out and as long as it was out, had it rebuilt. Allen

Well, the keel was actually pretty well held on by the 13 bolts that go into the ballast that were replaced a few years ago. This is the aft part of the keel and these bolts go into the deadwood. The keel is a very large heavy piece of wood and the aft part is going to ride along bolt or no bolt. The problem is that the keel was leaking back there and the engine alignment was ever changing without the floors being well secured. That said, I agree with the yikes. Allen On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Gerald Sobel <so… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: > Yikes! > I see this all the time when contractors use cadmium plated hardware, 3/8" > lag screws, to fasten into red wood stringers on solar panels, some on > apartment buildings tilted steeply, just waiting for a good gale wind to > blow them down, tons of metal and glass, several stories. We hope they > don't land on anyone, but that's not right. > Good thing you pulled the bolt. Last thing you need to do is drop the keel > and capsize out in the Bay. Very embarrassing. > Jerry > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Allen Edwards <al… [at] gmail.com> > *To:* Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 24, 2012 4:50 PM > *Subject:* [Cal_Boats] Keel Bolt > > > Should be 5 feet long. Is just over 5 inches long. Looked fine until we > took it out. This particular bolt was under the engine, which is why we > took the engine out and as long as it was out, had it rebuilt. > > Allen > > [image: Inline image 1] > > >