Carter 33 ballast ratio and stability questions

[alan white]

The 33s had issues with the keel to hull joint, that is, stress cracks and subsequent water ingress over time. The proper fix was a much larger radius cove built up along each side of the keel and replacement of the floors with solid wood, at least that was what was done to my boat prior to my owning it.
Your boat was probably built in Olympia, Greece.

[Steinsvik]

It turned out my boat also had MAJOR issues with the keel to hull joint. I assume a previous owner have crashed the boat into some rocks, as there were some old bad repairs in the hull above the keel.

This summer I fixed the damage (the boat was taking in about 0,2 liters of water per day).

I made a post of the repair process on my blog. It's in Norwegian, but you can read it through Google translate. Therefore forgive the wacky grammars: http://translate.google.no/translate...logspot.com%2F

[Steve W]

That is a very nice looking boat Steinsvik, i love the beautiful classic interior.
Steve.

[Steinsvik]

Thank you. Yes, the carpenters at Olympic Yachts who made the interior did an excellent job. The craftmanship is very good.
I have however been unlucky with many other things on board. The engine (Volvo Penta 2003) has been repaired three times in two years, much of the electric wiring was dangerous and had to be replaced, a portion of the deck was delaminated and the keel had crushed parts of the hull below the waterline.
Now it's all right, though. The plan is to sail around the world, starting summer 2013.

This is how we fixed the delaminated deck: