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• Removing a 7700lb keel; remove bolts, lift boat. Easy.
  • Habit is a powerful force.
  • Well that depends
  • Is anyone supervising the yard crew?
    • Just me. I'm the only one on,... Sundays.
      • Maybe you could drop them a hint?
  • Looks like those slings might be an issue.
    • Good eye
      • These guys know where the cast iron keel ends and the dead wood begins.
        • Some stuff done in boat yards
          • The guys who do this are boat builders.
            • Mebbe Thiokol sealant. Used it on Passage when I built that boat. Good stuff, tenacious, old school'ish.
              • Could be. All of this am and loaded onto a metal fabricators boom truck.