Thom,

Your memory is defective. Can you not remember me ever saying my
keel is superior to most bolt ons because it fits into a cassette in
the hull.

The cassette is the female counterpart of the big, square male
upper boss on the keel. The keel cannot be moved forwards
or backwards without re-doing the cassette in the hull. As
a matter of fact the Coronado manual claims the keel bolts
are not even needed once the keel is drawn up into the
cassette and the epoxy used to bed it has set up. I don't
wish to stake my life on that claim thus I added extra keel
bolts (one inch diameter) to assist the rather wimpy originals
which were one half inch in diameter and of mild steel which
is very ravaged by rust.

Perhaps you mistook my saying that I installed extra keel bolts
by drilling through the hull in the bilge where the upper side
of the cassette is evident, tapping the cast iron keel, and
installing the stainless steel bolts bedding them in with
5200. This most certainly does not constitute moving the
keel. This did not even necessitate hauling as I did it
in the water. There were no leaks.

Besides why would I ruin the helm on my boat by
moving the keel and changing the relationship between the
center of lateral resistance and the center of lateral effort?

Get with it you old, alcoholic fart.

I'll drink to that!
CN


"Thom Stewart" wrote in message ...
Yeah sure Oz,

Fibre Glass is solid: Especially when it was shot from the "Chopper
Guns". That is why there are never Blisters in the Hull. That is why
prenetration has never been a problem (Uniflite Valiants)

I know Neal moved his keel becaused , "He said he did." He posted it
right here on ASA when he posted the picture of his boat out of water.

That is a pretty good indication that the present CN is a put on!

BUT you're right Oz they don't bury keel bolt:^) Wish I could show you
the bilge on "Pneuma" I lift the Bilge board and not a keel bolt nut in
sight. It is flat!!

Ole Thom