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Thanks for the detailed reply.
I spoke with Bill at Macgregor today. He told me that this particular keel was fabricated from steel and then had 2 contoured glass fibre shells bonded to the steel structure. He suggested that from the sound of my discription water had permeated the interior, caused the steel to oxidise and expand and this had most probably caused the cracks. He did not think a repair would be possible. UnfortunatelyMacgregor do not have replacements and he said that it is usually a broken keel which end the life of this boat. So I'm now wondering if I should even get this boat hauled into my yard. He is faxing over a print of the keel and suggested that i could get one fabricated from steel plates, and then coat it with glass fibre. I'm just a little concerned that this could end up looking like a dogs dinner, to say nothing of the cost of getting it fabricated.
He did tell me that any keel from a Mac 21 would fit so if I could find one I would be ok. However, I have not been able to turn any up on the web....yet.
Does anyone have any contact with a boat scrap yard!?!?!?
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