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William Shirley
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Username: William_shirley

Post Number: 4
Registered: 04-2002

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Posted on Saturday, May 25, 2002 - 09:16 am:   

ok guys/gals, need your help. when I bought Lightning Rod #96, I took it to local Annapolis fixit guru who had done about 7 mast steps before. Wasnīt cheap, but he did a really superb job with the step and the deck repair....even ensured future access to the keel bolts....

I asked him to also replace the keel nuts while he was at it. That was part of the price...anyway, when the boat is being shipped down to me, I get the invoice and the "keel nut replacement" portion of the work order was covered with whiteout...I asked him what the deal was and he said "they donīt need replacing"...

so I get the boat down to Florida, dump it in the water, pull up the floorboards the next week (I had no reason to doubt him as all the other work was top notch)and lo and behold.....at least the aft most keel nut needs to be replaced.

Now, my question... What is your opinion about replacing these nuts VEWY CAWFUWY one at a time while in the water. I donīt think it will be to big a deal, just wanted to bounce this idea against a wall and see if it stuck.

Any insight would be appreciated.

Shep Shirley

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