mbay
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I'm after some chocks for when i lift out in October but i don't know the length of the cast iron keels as the boat is in water, can some nice person tell me how long they are please.
thanks'
thanks'
westerly pageant keel length
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VicS
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I'm sure someone will be able to tell you ..... the Westerly owners association forum or thier Yahoo discussion group would be good places to ask ... both avaialble to non members
But why not 4 blocks , eg short lengths of railway sleeper (say about 15 to 18" long), plus some bits of thinner stuff and a wedge or two to level it up.
8 blocks if you want it raised any higher.
Certainly no need for blocks the lengths of the keels
The yard where I am based uses pallets consisting of three pieces of 3" x 2" nailed to 3 pieces of 3" x 3" ... actually because they came their way but they are a lot easier and lighter to handle than solid blocks. See the pictures in the links below
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f337/Vic43/SWOA/DSCF1195.jpg ..........The boat in the picture has incredibly been repaired and totally refurbished.
and one raised a bit higher
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f337/Vic43/SWOA/DSCF0943.jpg
3 pallets high was normal as that was the height of the old launching trolleys
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mbay
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Thanks' for the reply Vic,
Its more for simplicity than anything else I just wanted 2 large pieces of timber, the ground is gravel so large chocks will keep the boat safe and level, It looks a right kerfuffle building jenga blocks to keep my boat on.
Its more for simplicity than anything else I just wanted 2 large pieces of timber, the ground is gravel so large chocks will keep the boat safe and level, It looks a right kerfuffle building jenga blocks to keep my boat on.
Seajet
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mbay,
if you can wait until next weekend I could measure the keels on a Pageant at my club; one of our members has Pageant number One !
As an aside I have found it useful with my boat ( Anderson 22 not Pageant but it still applies ) to have her bows high during the winter, to help drain the cockpit.
if you can wait until next weekend I could measure the keels on a Pageant at my club; one of our members has Pageant number One !
As an aside I have found it useful with my boat ( Anderson 22 not Pageant but it still applies ) to have her bows high during the winter, to help drain the cockpit.
DJE
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I have a "scale" drawing here which I used for the design of a new slipway and cradle. It was scaled up from a drawing found on the internet somewhere so not guaranteed accurate. But it shows the bottom edge of the bilge keels to be 1.4m long.
mbay
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Thank you both,
Yes Seajet that would be great thank you, I'll look forward to your reply.
Yes Seajet that would be great thank you, I'll look forward to your reply.
VicS
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The pallets , or jenga blocks as you call them, just happened to be something one of the yard users and helpers acquired in his day job and were being scrapped until he saw them .. he must have got hold of hundreds of them.
I still think four separate blocks will be more convenient than two each the full length of the keels. It's what the yard used before the pallets came along.
