Chrysler Sailors Forum

Hello,

I need some advice, i have my keel out, and it is getting sand blasted, but i wanted to take the C22 out without the keel and mast. Just using the outboard.

will water get in through the opening where the holes are to access the keel attachment assembly (i forgot what that is called).

i have never taken it out, and i really want to be on the water...

thanks

Guy

I believe those keel brackets are below the waterline, which is why they go bad - even if they weren't water would slosh up in there underway, so I'd say its a no go.

C22 guys ?

I gotta agree "sea-trials" are for when you have the hull 100%

If you wanna see if there are any other leaks, maybe keep her hooked to the winch on the trailer and just get her to lift off the trailer on the boat ramp. I ve done this before to test some things out. Have many bilge pumps including manual ones just in case.

Otherwise you may have to be patient, I know sailors are not the best at this! lol

Will the boat stay upright with the keel out. I would be concerned about a roll over. Your center of gravity will be much higher.

Alan

EE mentioned the brackets are below the water line. I am sure the snubber is below as well. (this the pipe sticking out under the setee)
This is like a 3/4" hole in the hull. if you take it out it will probably roll on you like Alanhod mentioned the "center of gravity"
We all know how you feel. At one time all of us here had the same emotions. "Get the boat on the water". this time I think you ought to wait.

Nick can tell you what it takes to right. With a 3rd of the weight missing it will bring the boat up in the water and make it very easy to roll... my guess would be before you got the engine started.

Thanks guys for all the god advice...it is not what i wanted to hear, but what i needed to hear...

i will wait.....

thanks

Guy

Thanks for the video shoutout!

Hopefully to ad to what was said, good people on here.

I never could have imagined that I would get this email from Bryan. (hope he doesn't mind me posting part of it)

Hey, I also noticed that I bought my C-22 just a couple of weeks after you did. As a matter of fact, I watched your Youtube video and that helped convince me to go ahead and by mine! That being the case, I'm also seeing that we both share in a lot of the TODO's for the boat; cleaning, refinishing the rudder, keel, new paint, etc. so I let's communicate and share the knowledge a bit on some of these things if you don't mind.

I may have actually helped bring a new Chrysler owner onboard. What a great feeling I got from Bryan's e-mail.
This forum gives me hope for Sailors and this world.

Hey Jay, yes your video sure did help to convince me to go ahead and buy my C-22. My situation just seemed so perfect: 1) was wanting to get into sailing for years after visiting my sister in Florida in 1997 and seeing her cool sailboat, 2) check out pricing on different models of sailboats and start patiently looking for that good deal, 3) see an ad on Craigslist for a C-22 at a pretty good price and it's just three miles from my house(!), 4) start looking all over the Internet for info on the C-22, 5) find the Chrysler Sailors forum here and see Jay's cool vid on Youtube, 6) go check the boat out at least 5 times and get lots of pictures to study at home, 7) buy it - QUICKLY!!!!!

Thanks Bryan. My story is so similar, and yours is even from my home state of FL. Can't wAit to see pics of both of our girls underway.

Just reading through older topics here and noticed this one titled
"Will the C22 float"

The answer is "yes" which I learned the hard way. When I first got my boat it was on Lake Lewisville, and I had to do a night crossing once to get it to the marina with a lift to have to moved to another lake the next day. (It's a fixed keel) The lake was about 9' below normal and I ended up hitting a stump right at the rudder post. The next morning the boat had about a foot of water in the cabin, about even with the waterline on the outside of the boat. Turns out the thru-hull fitting cracked. I don't know what the core of the C-22 is made of, but even with a hole in the bottom of the boat, it will not sink. I think the fixed keel version is even heavier than the swing keel version?

I ended up having to replace the bottom thru hull for the rudder post (using 3M 5200) before I could relaunch it. It hasn't been out of the water in almost 4 years now, and that fitting is still water tight.