swing keels

[SR_sail]

I have a 26' 1978 amf pace, I have it dry dock and going thru many things, the swing keel never work since I have had the boat. this is my first sail boat there nothing hooked up to the swing keel and it been up I like to put the rest to gether so I can use it hoping someone out there knows how to rig it thanks

 

[JB]

Re: swing keels

Moving to Sailing.

 

[Solittle]

Re: swing keels

Your description dosen't give us much to work with. What is it doing or not doing that you think it should?<br /><br />I don't know the amf but I had my hands on a 26' Venture years ago for a couple of years. The keel consisted of a trunk in the hull that the keel was pulled up into. The keel fits into the trunk and is held at one end with a large stainless steel pin. Then there was a winch in the cockpit with a cable to keel to raise & lower the keel. <br /><br />It would help us if you used complete sentences and punctuation as what you wrote is hard to follow.

 

[ED21]

Re: swing keels

I don't know your boat, but swing keels are generally raised by a piece of wire or possibly rope connected to some sort of winch. <br /> You'll have to figure out how the pennant(wire) is attached to the keel. <br /> Sometimes the wire is looped through a hole in the centerboard or a swaged on fitting attaches to the centerboard. <br /> Usually the only was to access the centerboard is to lower it. On a 26 footer you'll probably have to put the boat on stands to lower it.<br /> Be carefull the swing keel probably weighs 300 or 400 lbs.<br /> It might be a job for a boatyard. They should have the equipment to do it safely.<br /> While the board is being fixed, you might also want to check out the pivot pin, any gaskets at the pin, hoses that attach to a through hull that the pennant travels through.(The hose ends above the waterline for obvious reasons)