[Rhodes22-list] difficulty of removing swing keel?

[John Shulick]

You can remove the centerboard by removing the the 2 plates and knocking out
the pivot pin. The centerboard is supposed to drop down out of the trunk but
you can't do that if the boat is on the trailer.  My 71 didn't have a cap
the trunk was one piece molded in place. So I cut the top of the centerboard
trunk in the corners at a 45* angle with a saws all. Then pulled the
centerboard out through the cabin.My trunk was swollen from cement damage I
had to run a saw blade down both sides of the trunk to free the centerboard.
When I reassembled the top I used Marine-tex epoxy putty to seal the saw
cut. Then put a layer of fiberglas over it all as reinforcement. 

Hope that helps
John S 

cgstetson wrote:
> 
> as some of you know my swing keel is broken towards the bottom and i would
> like to drill and insert 2 stainless rods in and epoxy into place to
> fix...i was wondering how the entire swing keel is removed and if it is
> difficult. my swing keel looks like there is a tiny access panel inside
> the boat on top of the keel trunk and 2 screws going into a plate on the
> outside of the boat ...what needs to be removed and is it worth it?
> 

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