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spgillooly
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Initially Posted - 06/28/2012 : 09:20:13

That didn't work -

You can see a photo of the keel here:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8TYO0AyaQGISWk1TGo1ajBOb0k

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NautiC25
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Response Posted - 06/28/2012 : 10:22:07

I think there was an ad for a keel manufacturer in the Mainsheet Mag. It's possible that's where CD gets "their kits".

Edited by - NautiC25 on 06/28/2012 10:22:40

Joe Diver
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Response Posted - 06/28/2012 : 11:24:24

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by spgillooly
 That didn't work -

You can see a photo of the keel here:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8TYO0AyaQGISWk1TGo1ajBOb0k

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Sorry...Just get a "Google Docs" page....

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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 06/28/2012 : 17:09:46

I get a good pic of the wing keel when I click on the link in the original post above. Maybe you need to update your flashplayer?

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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 06/28/2012 : 17:42:45

I get the Google Docs page, too... Maybe it's a Google doc.

I'm not aware that CD (Catalina Direct) ever offered the wing conversion kit. I think that was just Catalina Yachts, and somebody said they had stopped offering it.

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sethp001
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Response Posted - 06/29/2012 : 06:54:25

You have to log into your Google account before the photo comes up. I suppose if you don't have one, you'd have to make one.

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pfduffy
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Response Posted - 06/29/2012 : 08:32:38

Here you go - I took the liberty of moving the photo to my smugmug account where I can get a link that works.

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pfduffy
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Response Posted - 06/29/2012 : 08:33:38

So does this mean you are going to be converting your swinger to a wing??

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Joe Diver
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Response Posted - 06/29/2012 : 08:41:59

I logged into my Google account...now all I get is a Google Drive page with an embedded video advertising Google Drive.

Both Safari and Firefox.

Edited by - Joe Diver on 06/29/2012 08:43:05

skybird
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Response Posted - 06/29/2012 : 09:05:41

Any idea what the cost of the wing keel is currently? I know they have always been expensive, butthe eliminated maintenance and concern for dropping the swinger with failure would be worth quite a bit to me. When I first got my boat I toyed with the idea of rigging a contraption to hold the boat and learn the procedure for conversion to change mine and possibly buy salvage boats and refurbish them as wing keel boats for sale as a retirement income generator. Right now we have so little water in our lake that mine is still sitting on the trailer where I unhooked when I brought it home. If the lake starts filling, maybe I will be re-energized to finish my make-ready

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davidbloodworth
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Response Posted - 06/29/2012 : 18:02:20

Richard, Is you boat at Lake Fort Phantom Hill?

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GaryB
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Response Posted - 06/30/2012 : 05:21:23

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by skybird
 Any idea what the cost of the wing keel is currently? I know they have always been expensive, butthe eliminated maintenance and concern for dropping the swinger with failure would be worth quite a bit to me. When I first got my boat I toyed with the idea of rigging a contraption to hold the boat and learn the procedure for conversion to change mine and possibly buy salvage boats and refurbish them as wing keel boats for sale as a retirement income generator. Right now we have so little water in our lake that mine is still sitting on the trailer where I unhooked when I brought it home. If the lake starts filling, maybe I will be re-energized to finish my make-ready

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I've got a wing keel you can convert to for $11K and it comes with a trailer!

Edited by - GaryB on 06/30/2012 05:25:02

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