Re: Potter 19 keel lock down - a sorry tale

JBlumhorst@aol.com
Wed, 20 Oct 1999 13:44:29 EDT


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In a message dated 10/20/99 8:38:51 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
JBlumhorst@aol.com writes:

> Now that's the way a keel trunk ought to be
> built! Jerry's keel trunk on HMS 18 #48 has side walls 2.5 inches thick,
a
> front edge even thicker, and his keel ties down with a simple piece of
line
> to a jamming horn cleat on the aft wall of the trunk.

WUPS! a type. The trunk on Jerry's boat is 1.5 inches thick on the sides,
consisting of 1/2" of fiberglass on the inside, and two pieces of 1/2"
plywood around that, all wrapped in a 1/6" thin glass and gelcoat outer skin.
It's 3" think at the aft edge (1/2" of fiberglass and 2.5" of wood).

Sorry for the mis-information.

Fair winds,
Judy B
1985 WWp-19 #266, Redwing