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Keel Pre Stitching

Keel – Lead Ballast

Poured lead for the keel this weekend and all went well. I’ll relate a few things that I learned or that I haven’t heard mentioned before. First, I had a couple of buddies come help and that made a big difference. When I poured the centerboard a few months ago there were just two of […]

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Keel Pre Stitching

Keel Cleanup Part I

After the complete glueup, I stood it up on the bench and stared at it for 10 minutes. Then I flipped it over and sanded the very bottom. The outer edges got a 1/2″ roundover per the manual and I gave the inside trunk edges a 1/8″ pass, just enough to take the edge off. […]