I assume you're talking about an interior keel, that is lead poured into the
fiberglass hull.

This is not immune from problems. I remember reading an Ocean Navigator article
about a cruiser that went through Woods Hole and made the classic mistake of
hesitating in the turn, and ended on Red Ledge, the rocks just to the east of
the channel.

The CG pulled him off fairly quickly, but the interior keel was bent, and the
boat was declared totaled.



"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
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Oz,

Are you sure about bolting to a stub?
I almost didn't buy my present boat because it had no visable keel
bolts. I assumed they were buryed. Being use the doing all the
maintenance on the leaking keel bolts I wasn't sure of how to take care
of the problem. My Broker laughed at me. He said my keel will never have
bolt leaks because the whole keel is part of the hull. The light finally
went on.

Keels shouldn't be bolted to fibre Glass. It is a method that was
carried over from wooded construction. When a keel bolt works on
fibreglass there is no recovery and it will only get worse until you do
maintenance. Schooner Trash can confirm this. I know it. It is a
fault racers put up with to have the option of changing keels.

OT