bowman316
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I have a 1970 Grampain 26 Ft sail boat. It has a fixed keel, which is made out of lead, or cast iron. not sure. If I remove the floor board in the Galley, you can see huge bolts with nuts on them, coming up from the bottom of the keel.
Now I assume the whole keel is wrapped in fiberglass, but the fiberglass near the bottom of the keel is covered in rust.
There are hundreds of tiny bubbles of rust on the outside of the keel, they were really easy to sand off thou. But how does fiberglass rust? Is this something to worry about, or should i just let the thing rust?
Does anyone know how the keel is held onto the boat? Is the fiberglass wrapped around it, the only thing holding it to the boat? Or is there some system at the top of the keel, that will hold it onto the boat? Where do those bolts go, on the top of my keel? were they only there to mold the lead, when it was made?
Now I assume the whole keel is wrapped in fiberglass, but the fiberglass near the bottom of the keel is covered in rust.
There are hundreds of tiny bubbles of rust on the outside of the keel, they were really easy to sand off thou. But how does fiberglass rust? Is this something to worry about, or should i just let the thing rust?
Does anyone know how the keel is held onto the boat? Is the fiberglass wrapped around it, the only thing holding it to the boat? Or is there some system at the top of the keel, that will hold it onto the boat? Where do those bolts go, on the top of my keel? were they only there to mold the lead, when it was made?