AEMD
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Hi, I'm new to posting on the forum, though I joined ages ago.
I have a small problem with my Newbridge Venturer. It's a rare lift keel model, kept on Lake Cazaux in France,
The boat is on a swinging mooring, in fairly shallow water, and subject to a lot of pitching and tossing in the wake of passing motor boats.
Last year whilst sailing in a ( rare) decent breeze I noticed something felt odd. When we got back to the mooring I had a look down below and discovered that the internal GRP casing that contains the upper edge of the keel drop - plate when lifted to the uphaul in the cockpit that should have been attached for support to the starboard bulkhead had become detached. I bought some resin and some strand mat and set about attempting to re-fix the casing, but I have not a lot of confidence that this is a good enough repair.
I asked for a quote from a local-ish boat yard, and 400 -500 euros was the answer, which is sadly completely out of my budget.
I have some photos, I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post them here, but I'd be very grateful for any advice - I guess I still need to stay with support from just the one side as attaching it to both sides could cause stresses that may cause the casing to crack? Should I glass in a block of wood, or continue with my idea to put a support round the tail edge of the keel casing, as indicated by the piece of aluminium grille I started to attach?
In the mean time the boat is still on it's trailer awaiting a decision to launch or not.
Pics here: http://s77.photobucket.com/albums/j75/daisy_dales/Boat/
Help.
I have a small problem with my Newbridge Venturer. It's a rare lift keel model, kept on Lake Cazaux in France,
The boat is on a swinging mooring, in fairly shallow water, and subject to a lot of pitching and tossing in the wake of passing motor boats.
Last year whilst sailing in a ( rare) decent breeze I noticed something felt odd. When we got back to the mooring I had a look down below and discovered that the internal GRP casing that contains the upper edge of the keel drop - plate when lifted to the uphaul in the cockpit that should have been attached for support to the starboard bulkhead had become detached. I bought some resin and some strand mat and set about attempting to re-fix the casing, but I have not a lot of confidence that this is a good enough repair.
I asked for a quote from a local-ish boat yard, and 400 -500 euros was the answer, which is sadly completely out of my budget.
I have some photos, I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post them here, but I'd be very grateful for any advice - I guess I still need to stay with support from just the one side as attaching it to both sides could cause stresses that may cause the casing to crack? Should I glass in a block of wood, or continue with my idea to put a support round the tail edge of the keel casing, as indicated by the piece of aluminium grille I started to attach?
In the mean time the boat is still on it's trailer awaiting a decision to launch or not.
Pics here: http://s77.photobucket.com/albums/j75/daisy_dales/Boat/
Help.