Has anyone any experience shortening a fiberglass enscapulated keel
that's packed with lead pellets.. I've seen posts that it's been done
with solid lead, but nothing about a keel of this type. Thinking I
could mold a lead bulb to add the weight back in.Found a dandy boat
with 3' draft but want trailerable, they were also built with fixed
shoal draught version at 2'3" I could pattern from. Experience anybody?
tom

Somebody, stop me!

Rednose wrote:
Has anyone any experience shortening a fiberglass enscapulated keel
that's packed with lead pellets.. I've seen posts that it's been done
with solid lead, but nothing about a keel of this type. Thinking I
could mold a lead bulb to add the weight back in.Found a dandy boat
with 3' draft but want trailerable, they were also built with fixed
shoal draught version at 2'3" I could pattern from. Experience anybody?

That's going to be some pretty serious structural glass
work. I'm sure it can be done, but it will be working upside
down and crouched under the hull.

It might be easier to mold a whole new keel in the
dimensions & configuration you want, cut the old keel off,
remold the keel root, and put on the new one.

Fresh BReezes- Doug King

Rednose wrote:
Has anyone any experience shortening a fiberglass enscapulated keel
that's packed with lead pellets.. I've seen posts that it's been done
with solid lead, but nothing about a keel of this type. Thinking I
could mold a lead bulb to add the weight back in.Found a dandy boat
with 3' draft but want trailerable, they were also built with fixed
shoal draught version at 2'3" I could pattern from. Experience anybody?
tom

Somebody, stop me!

Why stop you? Its pretty obvious that this is not the economical way
to get a boat; you're proposing this only because you want to do it.
So don't look to us for justification!

Cute Jeff, I gave your response a five star because it made me smile..
But I had really hoped to hear from someone who has some experience
doing such a thing.It's probably just a crazy idea anyway! tom

Jeff
Why stop you? Its pretty obvious that this is not the economical way
to get a boat; you're proposing this only because you want to do it.
So don't look to us for justification!

Rednose wrote:
Cute Jeff, I gave your response a five star because it made me smile..
But I had really hoped to hear from someone who has some experience
doing such a thing.It's probably just a crazy idea anyway! tom

Jeff
Why stop you? Its pretty obvious that this is not the economical way
to get a boat; you're proposing this only because you want to do it.
So don't look to us for justification!

Sorry, I have no experience in keel carving. As I was reading you
post I was reminded of several incidents I've heard about where boats
were declared totaled because the encapsulated keel was damaged.
Also, my current boat has no ballast.

Rednose wrote:
Has anyone any experience shortening a fiberglass enscapulated keel
that's packed with lead pellets.. I've seen posts that it's been done
with solid lead, but nothing about a keel of this type. Thinking I
could mold a lead bulb to add the weight back in.Found a dandy boat
with 3' draft but want trailerable, they were also built with fixed
shoal draught version at 2'3" I could pattern from. Experience anybody?
tom

Somebody, stop me!

Don't do it! DON"T!!!

You will be trying to attach to the end of the fiberglass grain instead
of crosswise to it. It will never hold!!!

I tried it with a Beneteau and ruined the boat.

STOP!!!!!!!!

Bluto wrote:
You will be trying to attach to the end of the fiberglass grain instead
of crosswise to it. It will never hold!!!


Fiberglass has "grain"?

DSK

Wow, you ruined a beneteau, that's awful. Can you tell me more?
Bluto wrote:

Don't do it! DON"T!!!

You will be trying to attach to the end of the fiberglass grain instead
of crosswise to it. It will never hold!!!

I tried it with a Beneteau and ruined the boat.

STOP!!!!!!!!

Rednose wrote:
Wow, you ruined a beneteau, that's awful. Can you tell me more?
Bluto wrote:

Don't do it! DON"T!!!

You will be trying to attach to the end of the fiberglass grain instead
of crosswise to it. It will never hold!!!

I tried it with a Beneteau and ruined the boat.

STOP!!!!!!!!

"ruined a Beneteau", isn't that redundant?

wrote
I tried it with a Beneteau and ruined the boat.

STOP!!!!!!!!

"ruined a Beneteau", isn't that redundant?

Indubitably

LP