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Originally Posted by sailingfool
It seems you are saying that the keel bolts weren't the source of the failure, it was the layup of the bottom of the keel stub that failed? Interesting for sure. good luck eye-balling for this weakness...assuming there was wood in the layup, then that would sound like a construction red flag for boat buyers to watch for.
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I can't say for sure whether the keel bolts were at fault or it was the layup. The layup sure looks suspect to me, but I can't say that he didn't break a couple of bolts, then the remaining bolts may have overloaded the laminate. Unless we see the keel (fat chance) we may never know. If the laminate were a problem I would think that torquing the bolts would compress the laminate and make me want to drop the keel just as much as if I had broken a bolt.