Grumman Boat Hull Question - 17' Center Console

JoLin

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Went to look at 1985, 17' Center Console today, and I'm not familiar with aluminum boats. It basically needs a resto, but I have a specific question regarding the bottom of the hull...

The boat is sitting on a trailer. When I looked underneath, I saw that the boat has a a small (maybe 2 inches wide by an inch deep) riveted 'keel' running along the center of the hull on the outside. It started near the transom and ran forward to...?

At this point it 'ended' about halfway forward on the hull, and that end of it was hard up against the backside of a roller, so I couldn't see what the forward end of it looked like. It almost looked like maybe the forward 'half' of it had broken off?

Just seemed like an odd place, and an odd way for it to terminate. Any thoughts?Is it supposed to run the length of hull?

Please PM me if you know what these things are supposed to look like. Thanks!
 
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