Keel/Bilge area crack/Stern impact?

[lestersails]

Originally Posted by boatpoker

No, it has a cast iron keel, not steel. Rust is normal on those keels where coatings have been breached and are of little consequence at least for the next 100yrs or so.

How does a lead keel rust? Or maybe I did not understand this post.

[boatpoker]

Originally Posted by lestersails

How does a lead keel rust? Or maybe I did not understand this post.

Someone is missing something. This keel is cast iron.
Not lead, Not steel.

[lestersails]

Originally Posted by boatpoker

Someone is missing something. This keel is cast iron.
Not lead, Not steel.

Thanks, sorry.