 Keel Weight | Riddle me this....
Looking at options to increase my keel weight.
A.My brain working overtime,has come up with drill largish maybe 100mm diameter with a holesaw 5 or 6 maybe, and refilling these holes with lead.
B.Find a Mk2 keel...
Crazy?? Merit?? What's your opinion?
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| Re: Keel Weight | Ok...having done a little bit more research....
What would be the chances of finding a Mk2 swing keel...
Does anyone know of any wrecks or a converted drop keel that may still have the swing keel?
Any leads would be appreciated...
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| Re: Keel Weight | Thanks Dave
I think possibly the earliest version of keel, 100kg in weight and obviously smaller in secion than the following versions.
The boat heals excessively in my opinion and I'm being out pointed by all other boats I've come across so far.
The fact the it heals more is only compounding the problem of the narrowness of the keel as the boat slips a long way leeward.
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| Re: Keel Weight | Or does anyone have the chord length of the later model keels, swing or drop?
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| Re: Keel Weight | Hey Matt, just a thought, have you checked that your keel is definitely going all the way down? I have experienced similar concerns at times only to find that the keel was not all the way down. It wasn't up by much but it made a big difference to pointing and leeward slip of the boat. Mine is a MKII. Also I have done what you were thinking with the lead, its not worth the hassle the weight gain is minimal. There's not that much different between lead and cast iron using the quantities involved.
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| Re: Keel Weight | Cheers Darryn
The more I thought about that idea of drilling and leading filling, the more I went off it for that reason.
Got a few things to upgrade on the boat first to test any differences, we'll start with the simple stuff first.
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