Westerly Dream

[sailaboutvic]

Out of interest , a westerly dream that was being pressed wash had a two holes around the middle of the keel , water seem to go in one and out the other , can anyone explain why these holes are there , or is it just a flaw when the keel was made ?

 

[guardian]

Out of interest , a westerly dream that was being pressed wash had a two holes around the middle of the keel , water seem to go in one and out the other , can anyone explain why these holes are there , or is it just a flaw when the keel was made ?

Any pictures? Are you referring to the revamped Seahawk that was called the Oceandream?

 

[sailaboutvic]

Any pictures? Are you referring to the revamped Seahawk that was called the Oceandream?

yes it could had been a sea hawk .
sorry no photo forgot to take any before they launched it.
there was two hole say half way down the keel and just off centre off the keel , as they jet washed it one hole opened up and then water gush out of the second hole, say a foot away from the first and in line ,
for the life of me I never seen anything like it .
I would had tho the keel when made where cast ( steel pored in a mold ).
if you tap around the hole you can hear its hollow. the owner was very puzzled.
i wonder if anyone else have had a keel like this or know why the holes where there .

 

[guardian]

Interesting, although not unusual, fwiw my Centaurs keels are hollow from the centre back, later models were solid cast. Two holes in the keel seems a little odd given the material used. I know from talking to a few surveyors that the quality of Westerlys keels was never great to begin with, i know this when i removed both keels from my Centaur i used a needle descaler to clean the paint and crud off and inadvertantly ended up peeling port side keel like an onion to the point where i was shovelling up iron off the floor. Also another factor (and i'm not trying to piss off fellow Westerly owners) is if you happened to purchase a boat around the time they were going down the pan on a few occasions the build quality wasn't so great.

Does sound very strange though.

 

[sailaboutvic]

Does sound very strange though.

yes it does , it be interesting if any other westerly owner have had the same problem, and some thing to look out for if you looking at buying one .
the guy in the yard and the foreman where also puzzled.

 

[Steve_N]

Are you talking nice neat round holes, deliberately made for some reason or gaping, irregular, WTF kind of holes?

 

[sailaboutvic]

Are you talking nice neat round holes, deliberately made for some reason or gaping, irregular, WTF kind of holes?

if they where near round holes once there no longer are .
the keel steel thickness is less then a mm thick at the holes

 

[KAL]

Little holes for mouse-fish to live in?