Pretty hard to keep the keel off of the bottom when I have only 4' of water
at my pier and we occasionally get a 3' foot tide, and when that happens my
boat and the other 20 or so in this area have no choice but to set on the
bottom until the tide lifts them back up...but what this has to do with
selecting a method for coating my keel I have not a clue!

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On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 12:17:36 -0600, "Sail-n-Dive"
wrote:

I'm doing a bottom job on my boat that has a cast iron keel with a
centerboard slot. Most of the keel stayed rust free but the slot and the
bottom of the keel that often comes in contact with the bottom at low tide
are rusty. I'm going to chip and sand blast but I'm unsure of how to
treat
the bare metal before applying the new bottom paint. Suggestions?
Quinton

Suggestion #1 - don't allow an iron keel to come in contact with the
bottom

Suggestion #2 - Several layers of epoxy covered by a hard bottom paint


Weebles Wobble
(but they don't fall down)