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Larry wrote:

Do you REALLY think any of them give a **** about how long the keel bolts
are going to last and spend one-thin-dime on making them last any LONGER?

Yes. But you pay more for better quality.

Our keel bolts are still fine after 34 seasons, and they put 50% more of
them in than the naval architects now say are appropriate.

Adding a few bolts is cheaper than the bad PR of a keel falling off.

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Wow all those years as an engineer I had it completely wrong! I should have
been working on screwing customers rather than balancing the needs of cost,
life and servicablity.


"Larry" wrote in message
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"Shanghai" wrote in
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Agreed that they should be uncovered if stainless. OTOH, that's why
stainless steel isn't the best keelbolt material. Most of the bolt,
the part you can't see, is sealed from that protecting oxygen. Hence,
you never know whether you'll be getting crevice corrosion down where
you can't see it. So, a better material is Monel or Bronze, assuming
lead ballast. (If the ballast is iron, galvanized steel will be
better.)


All you guys also miss the BIG point....."NMMA economics"....

I hope you are all way smart enough to realize that NO boat manufacturer
of
ANY boat on the PLANET wants the goddamned boat to LAST past the end of
the
warranty period....right?

Do you REALLY think any of them give a **** about how long the keel bolts
are going to last and spend one-thin-dime on making them last any LONGER?

Come on! You people gotta be WAY smarter than that!

Geez......

Larry

"Zopilote" wrote in
:

Wow all those years as an engineer I had it completely wrong! I should
have been working on screwing customers rather than balancing the
needs of cost, life and servicablity.



What "life" was it designed for, 30 years? 40?

Who will buy them after the limited customers have them?
How will you stay in business?

Is now a good time to remind you all that the BAYLINER piece of **** is the
MOST successful line of boat ever produced....made of pop riveted door,
stapled seats and cardboard over a chopper-gunned plastic hull?

It's sure made Brunswick rich....

Larry
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