Next message: kathleen banks: "Re: [world-cruising] Sailor cheats death on the lake"
Perhaps it is not just a manufacturing problem
perhaps it was just neglect to maintence of the
centerboard or bilige
many times sailors take things for granted that the
design is good it
needs little checking up on
but many times some boats need to check many systems
often
and do routine checks before any sailing or motoring
adventure
so bryan i dont think its design i think its mans
failure to keep
maintence up
but its anybodies guess, it never mentioned why it was
like that
Kathleen
s/v legacy(at norfolk in ICW underway)
ps we do check stuff all the time just in case?
--- alan P <> wrote:
> The only thing I find somwhat unbelievable about the
> article is the "clear water of Lake Ontario".
> alan
> --- wrote:
>
> > Bryan,
> >
> > Your perjorative comment about production boats
> > aside, I believe you'll find that so called custom
> > boats have lost keels more often than production
> > boats. Nevertheless, I'll make no assumptions
> about
> > why the keel in this story feel off. There could
> be
> > any number of reasons besides poor workmanship or
> > design.
> >
> > Donald
> >
> > -------------- Original message from "Bryan Genez"
> > <>: --------------
> >
> > On 7/24/07, David T <>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > Looking down into the pump area he immediately
> > knew he was in trouble
> > > - where the keel bolts had been were three large
> > holes that he could
> > > look
> > > through and see the clear water of Lake Ontario
> > that was rapidly
> > > filling the
> > > boat.
> > >
> > > "The keel bolts pulled right through the
> > fibreglass," said Boucher,
> > > who has no idea why they failed and is positive
> he
> > didn't strike
> > > anything in
> > > the water.
> >
> > If the above account is correct, the keel was not
> > properly attached to the
> > hull. Perhaps another short-cut taken by a
> low-cost
> > production builder?
> >
> > --
> > Best,
> > Bryan Genez
> > "Capella" V40-158
> > New Bern, NC
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been
> > removed]
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been
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> >
> >
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