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On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 11:41:05 -0800, KVL wrote:
The Carter33' is a very beautiful boat, but when we aquired her (for almost nothing) she was land sinking and had water & mold in her for at least 3 years- after being abandoned. We had to redesign the entire interior, so it's very customized - not much original structure is left in the interior. The hull and the deck were in superior condition, but the cabin top was soaked under the fiberglass to the balsa wood core. We had to completely make a new cabin top core from the inside of the cabin. My husband is a mechanical engineer- and quite handy with rebuilding and designing almost anything. So I have no doubts, he would do a superior job with the shorteneing of the keel . We plan to keep this boat for many years and many of the places we like to sail too and anchor (at our convenience-not waiting for high tides) are tight at mid to lower tides - where we live. It would still be great to get some more ideas of tohers who have attempted this kind of project and were actually successful. They're out there somewhere. Some people have knack of accomplishing things they get told "can't be done right. I will look into all the suggestions. You have a big advantage with respect to cost if your husband can do the actual work. So use the savings to hire a good naval architect or marine engineer to do the design work. Even an otherwise competent engineer could screw this up without the proper training and experience. Your husband would probably enjoy working with one of these guys anyway. That experience alone may be worth the cost. Naval architect and marine engineer Eric Sponberg has a similar project featured on his website: http://www.sponbergyachtdesign.com/Magic.htm It might be best to work with someone nearby, and/or someone familiar with your boat. Matt O. |
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