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07-12-2013, 03:29
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Vlicho Bay,Lefkas Island
Boat: Gib'Sea 302 , 9.1m
Posts: 14
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KEEL off
My keel is 1.8m and I wish to do shoal draft canals in France...How do I remove the keel and what do I do then with the bolt holes...?
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David Warr
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07-12-2013, 04:05
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Moderator
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Sxm , Spain
Boat: CSY 44 Tall rig Sold!
Posts: 4,367
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Re: KEEL off
L.O.L for real!!! Are you serious??
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07-12-2013, 04:20
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#3
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Moderator
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Sxm , Spain
Boat: CSY 44 Tall rig Sold!
Posts: 4,367
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Re: KEEL off
No reply, i guess is a serious question, ok, without keel your gib sea can make a 180 roll with you inside and turn turtle , the cost to drop the keel and put the keel later on is expensive, crane or travelift plus labour and the keel shipping , just figurate,
the bolt holes can be pluged with epoxy or wooden plugs Lol, anyway if you still consider the rivers try to figurate a way to put ballast in the boat or!!.......
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07-12-2013, 04:37
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cruiser
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Pangaea
Posts: 10,856
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Re: KEEL off
Don't take your keel off... your boat will roll over without the ballast.
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07-12-2013, 05:32
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Port Williams Chile
Boat: Ezcurra Steel Custom 60' lifting keel
Posts: 27
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I am 1,85 and going just now from netherlands to the med via france and you no need to cut or remove your keel.
Just check for main canals.
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07-12-2013, 06:35
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Bahmamas
Boat: Westerly Centaur 26'
Posts: 298
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Re: KEEL off
Get a bigger boat and just haul yours; maybe you could meet it at the other end.
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11-12-2013, 12:40
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#9
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Lorient, Brittany, France
Boat: Gib'Sea 302, 30' - Hydra
Posts: 1,245
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Re: KEEL off
Without the mast, I think a Gib'sea 302 has enough form stability to stay upright even without the keel attached. But the keel is 1100kg. How would you stow it on board without crushing the deck?
Anyway, as a 302 owner, I would be interested in the result of this experiment but I don't want to perform it on MY boat !
Alain
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11-12-2013, 14:53
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Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Solent, England
Boat: Moody 31
Posts: 18,672
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Re: KEEL off
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hydra
But the keel is 1100kg. How would you stow it on board without crushing the deck? Alain
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Simples, buy one of those big white water rafts and tow it behind. Seem to remember Volvo had one at a boatshow showing off their new Volvo 740 estate car, something about the raft fitting inside and then the volvo fitting inside the raft.
There is of course the slightly problem of the rudder
Pete
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11-12-2013, 16:10
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 449
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Re: KEEL off
Do not forget to remove the rudder as well ... it will also impede your shallow canal adventures. Good luck!
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11-12-2013, 16:29
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Skagit City, WA
Posts: 25,731
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Re: KEEL off
take the keel ballast off and the rig also.... maybe a charter is cheaper!
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11-12-2013, 17:07
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Montegut LA.
Boat: Now we need to get her to Louisiana !! she's ours
Posts: 3,421
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Re: KEEL off
Park the boat and take a Cruise!! Be a heck of a lot cheaper!! and a lot less work !!! And with my luck something will goof up and cost me a ton of money!! just my 2 cents
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