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Ben
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Initially Posted - 03/12/2004 : 09:39:21

Hi All, just thought some of you might be interested in seeing my baby with her new ballast, as well as some other pics.

Here is Adventurous parked in front of the our condo. I really makes our condo look small.

Here is the new keel. You can notice how the installer faired in the new keel. Not really smooth.

Here's Gary Disbrow, the installer, giving the thumbs-up sign. (I just wrote him a check for $1157.00) A really nice guy.

Here are the keel bolts from inside the cabin.

Here's the old swing, next to the template for the wing. Looks like the guy I sold the swing to is getting a nice keel.

Ben
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Viking Kitty
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lcharlot
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Response Posted - 03/12/2004 : 10:05:48

Ben - How much adjustment did you have to do to your trailer rollers and winch stand to accomodate the swing-to-wing conversion?

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Ben
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Response Posted - 03/12/2004 : 13:44:07

I really don't think the installer had to adjust the trailer at all, which is what I expected. Prior to the conversion, I looked really hard at the height of the rollers and the amount of travel the swing keel needed when lowered into the keel tray. It was at least six inches. From what I understood from the specs of the wing keel, the WK was only two inches deeper than the SK in the raised position. That meant that I would have a 4 inch gap between the bottom of the WK and the keel tray. Sure enough, the modification that we made was to put a four inch block of wood in the tray to give the keel something to rest on. You can see it in the picture. I plan on making something better and more permanent when the weather improves. Right now the block of wood is simply resting on the keel tray and the weight of the boat is holding it in place. Come splash day it will float off if I don't secure it somehow.

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 03/12/2004 : 13:56:37

Nice lookin' boat Ben!

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osmepneo
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Response Posted - 03/12/2004 : 15:40:44

Well, now Ben, all you need is winter ending and spring to come. Ice here has started darkening, which is a sign that its getting ready to turn and go soft. But then this a.m. we had a couple inches of the white stuff, and well . . . We just have to believe spring is coming.

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cch
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Response Posted - 03/12/2004 : 21:02:40

Hi Ben,

Adventurous looks great. Thanks for the photos. You must be very anxious to get back in the water. I look forward to comparing notes on swing to wing conversions and how our boats respond to the new keels.

Bottom looks great, sits on the trailer well, very nice clean work inside. (I hope to work on my interior repairs on the keel bolt area this weekend) What type of pad will you construct for the keel to rest on? I had a bit of trouble getting our boat off the trailer at our first launch.

When do you launch Adventurous?

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Ben
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Response Posted - 03/13/2004 : 09:22:28

Thanks all for the nice work. And beleive me, I am really anxious to get in the water. Can't sleep at nights sometimes, thinking about it. Anyway, regarding the type of pad I'm going to put on the trailer, I'm thinking of securing a two-by-something on the keel tray and then building keel guides, so retrieving her squarely on the trailer will be easier. Launch day is supposedly April 1, but I'm not so sure. The local sailing club has been lobbying for an all-sailboat "marina" for many years, and it looks like this is the first year for the docks, more than 130 of them. But as it gets closer to April Fool's Day, it looks like they won't be ready. Many of the docks are delivered and waiting on the shore, they just need installed. It seems there is a lot of in-fighting, and maybe some poor management decisions that seem to be causing bad feelings, but I'm not happy about it. We're having a dock holders meeting this Wednesday to hopefully iron out some of the questions that a lot of people have.

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Gloss
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Response Posted - 03/13/2004 : 18:35:34

Hi Ben
When I launced my WK a few weeks ago in the keys the back of one of the wings hit one of my bunk supports and put a ding in it. I'm not sure if the retrofit is lead or steel, but if lead, be careful.
I'm going to install keel guides on the trailer to prevent this in the future.
Let us know how the boat handles in a good stiff breeze compared to your swinger

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Ben
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Response Posted - 03/14/2004 : 21:14:33

Thanks for the tip Frank. I'll do my best to figure a way to avoid the ding. My keel is lead, I'm pretty sure.

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