On Jun 10, 5:26 am, "Roger Long" wrote:
....
... I seen enough "easy riders" that I'm sure
it skews the keel failure statistics to the point that they are not a true
reflection of the fleet wide state of keel bolts. ...

Fair enough. I don't know that anyone is keeping score and I'm not
sure that the population of keel bolt failures is big enough to
produce meaningful statistics any case.

Unless you are in the
insurance business, it's only the condition of the bolts of the boat you are
on that are important. ...

Hmmm... I can't agree with that, but for sure the only one's you're
likely to be able to do anything about are your own.

-- Tom.