niander
04-23-2012, 01:43 PM
Folk boat keel bolts screwed in or?
I dont mind this job when they are in a pocket in the side ...no probs
or right the way through again ...no probs
but i suspect mine may be screwed in to the keel
although i have nuts on top of the bolts/threaded bar whatever it is on the inside?
it rests on the road trailer and today i cut a hole in the long plate it rests on[from underneath]not easy with a small grinder laid on my back] right through and dropped out a 6"x6" piece of steel
right here a keel bolt is and i expected to see a bolt...but nothing a slight indentation but its smaller size than the bolt so i dont think its the bolt
Its annoying because i could of just driven through the bolt[from inside]
but if there is no bolt what is it...screwed straight into the keel?
i dont like the sound of that!
is this method sometimes normal on folkboats?
ill add some pics tomorrow
I dont mind this job when they are in a pocket in the side ...no probs
or right the way through again ...no probs
but i suspect mine may be screwed in to the keel
although i have nuts on top of the bolts/threaded bar whatever it is on the inside?
it rests on the road trailer and today i cut a hole in the long plate it rests on[from underneath]not easy with a small grinder laid on my back] right through and dropped out a 6"x6" piece of steel
right here a keel bolt is and i expected to see a bolt...but nothing a slight indentation but its smaller size than the bolt so i dont think its the bolt
Its annoying because i could of just driven through the bolt[from inside]
but if there is no bolt what is it...screwed straight into the keel?
i dont like the sound of that!
is this method sometimes normal on folkboats?
ill add some pics tomorrow