Re: Leaking P19 keel trunks -- a diagnostic approach.

oldbandito@citlink.net
Mon, 30 Aug 1999 07:02:38 -0700

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> You might notice that water squirts up front of trunk and rarely up back end
> of it. This may have something to do with that square front part of keel.
> Rather than flowing around it water gets pushed up and over that part.
> Methinks?
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> Has anyone rounded out that square front keel section?
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Mine is rounded, and leaks without the gasket, but ONLY in a
really severe chop.

Dik Richardson "I'd rather be in Baja"
'Hamada' HMS 18 #11
'Vas Kora' Islander 33 #363
'Maņana' Newporter 40 Ketch #87
Hidden Harbor Marina, Rio Vista, CA