Achilles 24


Keelbolt Removal and Replacement.


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In case you are wondering why there are no pictures of the bolt being removed it is because on the big day I forgot the camera and having psyched myself up for the job I couldn't put it off. Anyway trust me, a keelbolt half out of its hole is not that interesting. What is more interesting is the cracking I found in the grp under the plate washer.

At least this explained the leak. It seemed that there was foam under the grp and after more cleaning it looked like the hole was lined.

The lined hole meant there was some support beneath the grp which I hoped would make a repair easier. As I poked anxiously at the cracks I would loved to have known just how straightforward the job would turn out to be.

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