"Keel" is the correct spelling, but that's your stem. (STEM - in lower case
it looks a lot like STERN.)

People do repairs like this themselves all the time. Doing it well I think
requires some experience and attention to detail.

I hire someone, and I know someone good. Not cheap!

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"Ree-Yees" wrote in message
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Me oh my. I was coming in to the dock at a slow pace and the current kind
of picked up as I jumped out to stop the boat and it scraped on the keel
some. Is keel the correct spelling?

http://home.comcast.net/~ree-yees/keel1.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~ree-yees/keel2.jpg
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But what do I get to fill in the holes that I just made so that it doesnt
peel or get worse?