timlabute wrote:How bad were your plates? Need replacing?
Also, you make getting the keel down look easy on your blog lol. How did you keep it from tipping one way or another while you lowered the jack?
If you are replacing the keep plates, are you having them made? Making them? Where would I source such things?
Thanks
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Tim,
Yes, I will be replacing the plates with SS, as well as the pin & the spring/plunger setup & housing. I will have a local machine shop do this for me, using the documents I've gotten from here, as well as my own measurements for preciseness.
As for the keel, the pictures don't really show the "whole" picture, if you know what I'm saying. We did it very carefully & slowly. 3 guys, 2 floor jacks, and several 2x4's. Once we got it almost all the way straight down, we braced it & then cranked the boat stands up slowly until it was free, keeping the keel-cable attached & taught throughout. More to come.