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• Sadly, no rescue to report yet on this one...
  • Friend of a friend on board . . .
    • Why are these Boats loosing Keels?
      • Exactly. That's why I only fly on biplanes. If one wing fails the other kicks in. Technology.... humbug!
        • You calling me a anti-techno old dude?
          • Na... just funnin ya a bit. The vast majority of boats out there have bolted keels and most are up to the task.
            • When I rebuilt Tehani she had nine bolts holding the cast iron keel on
              • I guess that make's it pretty much part of the boat! Now
                • ROFL- no and it might snag hair do's-grin
                  • Out here on the left coast in San Diego
                    • I had understood the navy can and does still use TBT? Have they switched to Copper now? Been out of touch
                      • No, I think they still use TBT. The test
      • Perhaps rudders painted International Orange should be offered as a factory option...?
        • That's an amazing pic . . .
      • I have looked at the First keel attachment....
        • I have quite a few parts from a Catalina 30 that lost it's keel off Matagorda Island
        • "then stick to the stone knives and bearskins approach of full keels with encapsulated lead." That's very good
        • A friend just hit a rock on his First and had some real problems.
    • Good question. I can see structural fin keel damage in a grounding, but a full loss, in the water?
      • Maybe it hit something massive
        • Nothing in the report to suggest they hit anything massive . . .
      • Fin keels can be good, bad, and ugly....
        • That's what I was getting at. Of course these