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I took the 500lb steel keel off of my 20' mirage. I got tired of it banging back and forth from it bouncing around in the keel trunk in choppy water. Now that I got it off I am entertaining taking it out to do some red fishing in one of the many creeks around here on the intercoastal in Jacksonville.
I might draft 6 inches now that I removed the keel. I was wondering how much of a bad idea this is. I had a few motor boat captains acting sceptical as to weather this was a safe thing to do.
It is a 1979 20' Mirage. She is a pretty fast sailboat. I plan on sanding the keel that is is very rusty and repainting it, and then placing some brass sleeve's on either side of the keel in the trunk to minimise the back and forth banging that occurs in choppy water.
I had planned on using aluminum sleeves on eachside of the keel in the trunk but someone said it would speed up the rust process. Any suggestions?
I might draft 6 inches now that I removed the keel. I was wondering how much of a bad idea this is. I had a few motor boat captains acting sceptical as to weather this was a safe thing to do.
It is a 1979 20' Mirage. She is a pretty fast sailboat. I plan on sanding the keel that is is very rusty and repainting it, and then placing some brass sleeve's on either side of the keel in the trunk to minimise the back and forth banging that occurs in choppy water.
I had planned on using aluminum sleeves on eachside of the keel in the trunk but someone said it would speed up the rust process. Any suggestions?