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The 424 is such a sea-kindly boat, I would not mess with the keel for
fear of messing up the ride.Pete
On 3/5/2011 8:00 AM, Rags wrote:
We are moving our Pearson 424 to Southwest Florida. While we can manage with the 5’3″ draft, we are researching reducing the draft by about 6″. Has anyone cut their keel? What negatives/positives did you experience?
Don Riggins
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Hi Don,
The draft, unless you measured, is actually 5’6″, but that aside, it’s not a
trivial task to shorten the keel. Since it’s encapsulated, you can’t be
really sure what you’ll run into cutting into it. Moreover, there’s the
change in righting moment from removing a significant portion of the
ballast.Before attempting it, I’d sure check with a naval architect before having at
it.Bob
On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Rags wrote:
We are moving our Pearson 424 to Southwest Florida. While we can manage
with the 5’3″ draft, we are researching reducing the draft by about 6″. Has
anyone cut their keel? What negatives/positives did you experience?
Don Riggins
Sabatico
1980 Pearson 424_______________________________________________
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Bob Fine
s/v Pelican
Pearson 424 Hull #8
http://thesailinglife.blogspot.com
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I looked into this a few years ago for a Catalina. I could not justify the cost for that boat. The company is looked at was http://www.marskeel.com/
Sorry i cannot give you the answers for your other questions but this will give you somewhere to start looking and an idea of the cost.
howard
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