Survey hull moisture readings - what does it mean?

[samfieldhouse]

I would be more interested in looking at keel joints than the likely blisters !!

This is a salient point; a brief look at the (excellent) Westerly Facebook page illustrates that many Westerlys now need their keels re-seating. Not a big job and hardly surprising after 30/40 years - but worth doing. And wobbly/leeky keels are more of a worry than blisters.

 

[Refueler]

This is a salient point; a brief look at the (excellent) Westerly Facebook page illustrates that many Westerlys now need their keels re-seating. Not a big job and hardly surprising after 30/40 years - but worth doing. And wobbly/leeky keels are more of a worry than blisters.

It all comes down to the old days of 'Penny Washers' and the 'cats cradle' to carry keels .. bilge and fin.

Westerlys ... Centaurs / Berwicks / Konsorts and so on - were known for splayed bilge keels - where successive sitting on keels allied to the design angle of bilge keels - often led to them being splayed. Common remedy was to lift hull ... drop keels ... add GRP rovings .... rebed and bolt up.
Fins were less susceptible due to not drying out on moorings etc. - but over the years - the keel can have movement.

By now - I would expect near all to have had work done with very few still original factory keel beds.