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sfrank
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Initially Posted - 04/24/2007 :  19:54:51  Show Profile
Dear Friends, last year I read an interesting posting about replacing the keel components on the trailer. The article talked about using a hydraulic jack, blocks of wood etc. Does anyone out there remember or have knowledge of this posting. If anyone can steer me to this bit of information I would be most grateful..
Steve
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Frank Hopper
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Pitcairn Island
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Response Posted - 04/24/2007 :  20:36:44  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
Wow, there have been so many threads. There are lots of ways, at our club you borrow a Catalina 25 fin keel trailer, use our club hoist to move your boat to the tall trailer and then using a wood frame, you employ the all thread method.
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ct95949
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Aruba
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Response Posted - 04/24/2007 :  22:04:43  Show Profile
Searching for a specific thread on this site can be an exercise in frustration. I've replaced all of my swing keel components (except the threaded weldments in the hull) without raising the boat off the trailer. I used a floor jack, removed a trailer cross member and kept the cable attached to help guide it back on. Lining up the holes and getting the bolts back in was easy.
If you do a search it's just a matter of opening up every swing keel topic until you find what you're looking for. Someone more computer savvy than myself might know an easier way.
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dave holtgrave
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Response Posted - 04/25/2007 :  07:50:54  Show Profile
frank
it seems it would be worth our midwesterners time to drive to you for the use of your fin keel trailer.

great system.

how many bedrooms do you have??

i have 13 childern and grand children and the RV broke down along the highway yesterday.

i estimate it would take about 3 to 5 weeks to repalce the keel parts.

do you buy potted meat??
our 7 dogs love potted meat after they ate the dead cat.

we will await your accomidation confirmation before we hook up the catalina to our omni. it should take about a week to get there.

cousin eddie
you may know my aunt edna

5722 sk/tr
sailing carlyle alke in southern illinois on saturday
dave holtgrave

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Frank Hopper
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Pitcairn Island
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Response Posted - 04/26/2007 :  09:21:12  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
Just harvest the road kill on your way and we will get by just fine.
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Champipple
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Response Posted - 04/26/2007 :  10:05:54  Show Profile  Visit Champipple's Homepage
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by ct95949</i>
<br />Searching for a specific thread on this site can be an exercise in frustration. If you do a search it's just a matter of opening up every swing keel topic until you find what you're looking for. Someone more computer savvy than myself might know an easier way.
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The Google search on the left is getting much better. Everytime somebody opens a page it is logged.

The newer version of the software is also returning some better results since we upgraded.
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gbeardjr
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Response Posted - 04/26/2007 :  11:33:05  Show Profile
Based on the above photo my 1978 Swing keel has the hangars on upside down! Been that way for almost a year. Do you think its worth the trouble to pull the boat and turn over?

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Frank Hopper
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Pitcairn Island
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Response Posted - 04/26/2007 :  14:41:37  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
[quote]<i>Originally posted by gbeardjr</i>
<br />Based on the above photo my 1978 Swing keel has the hangars on upside down! Been that way for almost a year. Do you think its worth the trouble to pull the boat and turn over?



Yes, they are upside down.

Your call.
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gbeardjr
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Response Posted - 04/26/2007 :  14:59:12  Show Profile
I just wonder how much more likely am I to have a catastphic failure withe the hangars on upside down. This might explain how the bolt got broken originally. This is how they were when I replace the bolt. Since my trailer is in use right now by someone I am in the process of getting a quote from the yard on what it will cost to pull the boat and flip these over. Because of the weight of the keel I would rather them do it instead of me this time
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 04/26/2007 :  17:01:34  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
My first thought is that the bolts countersink into the hangers to thread completely in to the fittings in the hull, being upside down you have a fair amount of threads that are supposed to be distributing the load that are not.
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sweetcraft
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Response Posted - 04/28/2007 :  23:41:59  Show Profile
Get it fixed. Peace of mine and we won't see you on the 6 o'clock news.
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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 04/29/2007 :  09:31:22  Show Profile
Barring some sort of hangup you can have it turned over in an hour. Be sure to use some loctite on the stainless bolts when you bolt the hangars back up into the hull.
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