Association Forum - How wide is the wing on a 250 Wing Keel ?

Assn Members Area · Join

Home.

Association Forum

Ships Store

Cruising

Racing

Technical Tips

Photo Gallery - New

Boat Search - Updated

Manuals & Brochures

Swap Meet

Links

Officer Flag Line & Staff

Bylaws & Constitution

Members Area

Join the Association

Notice:
The advice given on this site is based upon individual or quoted experience, yours may differ.
The Officers, Staff and members of this site only provide information based upon the concept that anyone utilizing this information does so at their own risk and holds harmless all contributors to this site.

Association Forum

Username:	Password:
Save Password
Forgot your Password?

All Forums

Catalina/Capri 25/250 Sailor's Forums

Catalina 250 Specific Forum

How wide is the wing on a 250 Wing Keel ?

New Topic

Topic Locked

Printer Friendly

Author

Topic

jbkayaker
Captain

Member Avatar

USA
299 Posts

Initially Posted - 01/17/2011 : 13:45:29

I need to add keel guides to a trailer for my 2009 Catalina 250 WK. Does anyone have a precise measurement of the distance required between parallel vertical planes to just touch the sides of the keel wing ? My boat is far away and in cold water.

Jim Butler

Edited by - on

TakeFive
Master Marine Consultant

Members Avatar

2272 Posts

Response Posted - 01/17/2011 : 14:34:16

I do not know the answer from memory, but don't forget that there was apparently a change in the keel design around 2005 or so. The keel was made shorter (3'6" draft vs. 3'10" draft). There may have been a corresponding change in the keel width to maintain similar stiffness in behavior. So make sure you get an answer from someone who has the same keel.

Edited by - on

jbkayaker
Captain

Members Avatar

USA
299 Posts

Response Posted - 01/17/2011 : 15:25:41

OOPS, I should have said 1999 for my model year.

Edited by - on

delliottg
Former Mainsheet C250 Tech Editor

Members Avatar

USA
4479 Posts

Response Posted - 01/17/2011 : 22:50:42

My '97 WK is on my trailer next to the house, I can measure the width in the morning. I just replaced all the wooden guides with Trex decking. The originals had seen better days. Finding replacement hardware wasn't as straight forward as you might think, so I can provide you a source for SS U-brackets if you need it.

I just thought about it, and the width between the boards isn't critical because you can simply move the guides in and out on the trailer frame, assuming you're using L brackets like mine came with.

Edited by - delliottg on 01/17/2011 22:54:10

jbkayaker
Captain

Members Avatar

USA
299 Posts

Response Posted - 01/18/2011 : 08:52:46

I don't have any sort of guides on the trailer I am modifying. I wasn't thinking of making them adjustable. Is that necessary if I use the width most people recommend, whatever that is ?

Edited by - on

delliottg
Former Mainsheet C250 Tech Editor

Members Avatar

USA
4479 Posts

Response Posted - 01/18/2011 : 11:44:35

Jim,
Apologies, I completely forgot about this before I left this morning.

I think if you design your guides well, they shouldn't have to be adjustable. The ones that came with my trailer were, so it wasn't so critical to get them exactly back in the same place.

Edited by - on

pa-sailor
1st Mate

Members Avatar

USA
67 Posts

Response Posted - 01/18/2011 : 16:46:40

I built keel guides on my Venture trailer for my 2003 250WK (#731) last season, making haul out much easier. To do so I fitted the guides (2x6x12') about 8" apart running the length from back of trailer towards the keel rest. I added a 45deg "funnel" to the back end to assist in loading. I would be very difficult to build these guides without having the boat in the trailer. If I can figure out how to load pics to this site I will share my trailer mod. Good Luck
Bob (pa-sailor)

Edited by - on

Nautiduck
Master Marine Consultant

Members Avatar

USA
3704 Posts

Response Posted - 01/18/2011 : 22:36:28

I can get out to the boat in the next week or two. In the meantime here are a couple of photos that may help. The first shows the boards that center the keel. Note that when the boat is on the trailer there is about an inch free on each side, the guides do not touch the keel.

Here is the boat on the trailer.

Edited by - on

Admin
Forum Admin

Members Avatar

460 Posts

Response Posted - 01/19/2011 : 04:35:11

Randy, that hull looks awesome!

Paul

Edited by - on

jbkayaker
Captain

Members Avatar

USA
299 Posts

Response Posted - 01/19/2011 : 10:21:19

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Nautiduck
 I can get out to the boat in the next week or two. In the meantime here are a couple of photos that may help. The first shows the boards that center the keel. Note that when the boat is on the trailer there is about an inch free on each side, the guides do not touch the keel.
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Ditto: That is an outstandingly beautiful boat and trailer.

What are the measurements for the inverted "L" shaped box beam structures supporting the keel guide boards ?

Edited by - on

Nautiduck
Master Marine Consultant

Members Avatar

USA
3704 Posts

Response Posted - 01/19/2011 : 19:05:40

Jim, I'll go out this weekend and get some more detailed photos and measurements.

Thanks for the kudos. I took that photo right after bottom painting with VC17.

Edited by - on

delliottg
Former Mainsheet C250 Tech Editor

Members Avatar

USA
4479 Posts

Response Posted - 01/20/2011 : 09:55:24

Jim,
My apologies for being so late with this. I've been fighting a bug, pretty much antibiotics & bed rest. I got out this morning & measured my guides:
Between guides: 7-3/4"
Horizontal angle iron: 1'-2"
Vertical angle iron: 2'-2"

I realized I'd forgotten to measure the width of the angle iron itself, but I'm pretty sure it's 3". I took a couple of pictures which I'll post shortly.

[img="http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a1df01b3127ccefc7cc9a7550400000040O00AZNXDVu2cMmIPbz4G/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/"][/img]

As noted, the guides don't touch the keel, but there's barely room for me to slide my fingers behind them (I've got big hands).

Edited by - delliottg on 01/20/2011 10:23:56

Topic

New Topic

Topic Locked

Printer Friendly

Jump To:

Association Forum

Notice: The advice given on this site is based upon individual or quoted experience, yours may differ.
The Officers, Staff and members of this site only provide information based upon the concept that anyone utilizing this information does so at their own risk and holds harmless all contributors to this site.