Subject: Re: Re: [Catalina22] A Plug for Good Maintenance at Lake Lanier

From: <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:51:27 -0500

Dennis,
I never did get estimates to have the keel done. Being a Jack-of-all-trades, it never even crossed my mind. At the time of my keel project, I was the Svc. mgr. at the local Catterpillar Marine dealer. My use of bondo was on the recommendation of a long time sailer and the yard mgr. of of the boat yard the shop was located in. He said there was no reason to use the expensive stuff ( I had intended to use West epoxy), since the barrier coats would seal it.  I hope he wasn't wrong...  I guess time will tell.  I do trailer it, so it's not constantly in the water. If he is wrong,  at least that fact may prolong it's life.
 Tom
> 
> From: "Dennis Slaton" <[email-masked]>
> Date: 2005/03/22 Tue PM 11:32:16 EST
> To: <[email-masked]>
> Subject: Re: Re: [Catalina22] A Plug for Good Maintenance at Lake Lanier
> 
> Tom, so you did all the work yourself. That's how I got started some 15 
> years ago. People saw the work on my boat  and they wanted me to do their 
> boat. I retired from my real job in 2001 after 31 years and never looked 
> back
> Did you get prices from boat yards down there before doing it yourself, if 
> so how much?
> Tell me you didn't use bondo for your filler. It doesn't hold up in water 
> because it has clay in it. I use only epoxy everything. Sandblasting is the 
> way to go and I have used Rust-lock with good results.
> Dennis Slaton
> Tar  Baby #27
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <[email-masked]>
> To: <[email-masked]>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 10:00 PM
> Subject: Re: Re: [Catalina22] A Plug for Good Maintenance at Lake Lanier
> 
> 
> > Dennis,
> > The price for my keel refinish was about $300 and that included the $80 
> > for a sand blaster at Harbor Freight. A couple weekends sand blasting, 
> > bondo-ing, sanding, and resanding,  a quart of Rust-lok, 10 or 15  50# 
> > bags of scilica sand, and a gallon of Bondo. Plus the keel pin kit from CD 
> > and a qt of KittyHair fiberglass to secure it. It turned out beautifully 
> > and although it may not be "faired" in the exact sense, since I didn't use 
> > templates, for my purposes as a cruiser I don't think I'lll ever notice 
> > any difference. The hardest part was moving the damned thing around, but 
> > you'll have to do that anyway even if you send it out.  Since I had never 
> > done one before, maybe ignorance is bliss. But it wasn't difficult and I 
> > had the satisfaction of doing it myself. Granted, I have a 60 gal. air 
> > compressor to run the sand blaster and every imaginable tool I could need 
> > to do the job that may not be at everyone's disposal. Personally, I 
> > thought that sanding all the old paint off of !
> > the hull was 10 times 10 more work than the keel was.
> >
> > Tom Nadeau
> > 1982  #11178  "Finallee"
> > Port St. Lucie, FL.
> >
> >>
> >> From: "Dennis Slaton" <[email-masked]>
> >> Date: 2005/03/22 Tue PM 08:12:20 EST
> >> To: <[email-masked]>
> >> Subject: Re: [Catalina22] A Plug for Good Maintenance at Lake Lanier
> >>
> >> Dick, what is the going price for the keel job in FL.?
> >> Dennis Slaton
> >> Tar Baby #27
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "Dick King" <[email-masked]>
> >> To: <[email-masked]>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 6:11 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [Catalina22] A Plug for Good Maintenance at Lake Lanier
> >>
> >>
> >> > Hey, If you find a good source for something, shout it from the roof 
> >> > top.
> >> > Too bad your message came too late to help Chip.  He finally got a 
> >> > decent
> >> > job, but he paid dearly for it.
> >> >
> >> > If you don't mind my asking, how much did the refinish cost and how 
> >> > long
> >> > did
> >> > it take?  I would like to compare it to the going price around here.
> >> >
> >> > Dick King
> >> > Melbourne, FL
> >> > 7976 Jagged Edge
> >> > A bad day sailing beats almost anything worth doing.
> >> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> > From: "Dana Shields" <[email-masked]>
> >> > To: <[email-masked]>
> >> > Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 4:43 PM
> >> > Subject: [Catalina22] A Plug for Good Maintenance at Lake Lanier
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > | (I'm not sure if recommending someone to the list violates the list
> >> > rules,
> >> > so in advance, my apologies for doing so. It would never be my intent 
> >> > to
> >> > offend anyone, and I'm DEFINITELY not profiting from doing so.)
> >> > |
> >> > | However, having said that, I just had a guy, Don Taylor, do some work 
> >> > on
> >> > our swing keel at Lake Lanier, GA.
> >> > |
> >> > | He installed the retrofit kit and re-finished the surface. He did a
> >> > TREMENDOUS job, so if anyone needs someone to do that sort of work, 
> >> > they
> >> > could call Sunrise Cove Marina on Lake Lanier. I'm sure they will 
> >> > heartily
> >> > recommend his services as well as well as providing you with his phone
> >> > number.
> >> > |
> >> > | He's an honest man and a hard worker. Meticulous, as well.
> >> > |
> >> > | Anyway, thought I'd give credit where it's owed.
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