keel bolt

I am surveying a Dufour GL350 and noted some extra glass laminate on top of the hull liner in the bilges. It looks reasonably well-executed, professionally done. The keel bolt nuts and backing plates where removed for the glass work, then re-installed. The reinforcement is under the forward and...

Hello Boat Design Peoples! My 40-something year old trailer sailor (Luger Southwind 21) was laid up with 5/8" fiberglass (roving visible) at the keel and then had a 'grid' of sorts (3/4" plywood over the keel, 2" deep floors, all glassed with .094" mat) glassed in and then was drilled for the...

Hello, I am considering adding some extra keel bolts to secure the external ballast on my 1960 Rhodes Swiftsure project boat and am hoping for some general thoughts/advice on my situation and plans. Last summer when I removed the rudder, I found the rudder shoe to have been severely damaged by...