keel bolt broken 75 hunter
 

The keel bolts are stainless steel cast 1/2" into the lead keel in a
kite pattern (5 bolts). The starboard bolt was heavily corroded
around the nut - I tried to put washers in the corroded area and
tighten the nut on the washers but the bolt broke.
My question is - is there a cheap way to fix this that's not ideal,
but might do the trick? I've thought of drilling out the bolt and
putting a smaller bolt set in epoxy or even molten lead - but I'm
assuming the ladder would require dropping the keel which I'd rather
not do.
Thanks for any ideas.
--jim

keel bolt broken 75 hunter
 

Well I'll answer my own question in case anyone is searching.
The guy at Hunter suggested putting in lag screws, which is not ideal,
but pressed for time, that's what I did. I drilled into the led with
a 3/8" bit, and put 1/2" stainless steel 3" lag screws. Note of
caution - use plenty of wd-40 or some lubricant or the bolts can get
hot and bend. Hand tightening the screws is the way to go.
A more ideal solution, which I'll do later, is to drill into the side
of the keel to meet a drill straight down, and put in half inch
stainless steel or bronze bolts. Put the nut in from the hole in the
side and fill the hole.