Matthadder Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 I did a dry fit of my keel boards tonight before I glue them up. And I'm confused...the plans state that from the stern blocks to the stem keel joint is 154 3/8".... It shows the point of measurement at the stern but not the other end..so I must be measuring the wrong two points..I come up with only approx 151"! Panicking a bit....my stem is 1" past the first station mark like it supposed to be and my keel should be exact as well..I followed all the measurements . Other builders run into this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oyster Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 I don't know of anyone that's building the same boat right now and I don't have any of their plans. Hopefully you will get it worked out. Good luck, and post pictures if you would like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAR Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Welcome to the forum. There have been a number of Weekender builds here and I'm sure someone will ring in, though you also may want to try the archives over at BYYB.org as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hagan Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 I don't recall if the measurement is taken with the deadwood in place or not. I think it should include the deadwood, which you probably haven't placed yet. The deadwood moves the measuring point up on the stem enough to make it another 3+ inches in length overall. The plans are with my Weekender at a nephew's house, but that's what I recall. My original website on making my Weekender is up at http://www.frankhagan.com/weekender/ and I've got some information there (warning: very ugly, 1990's era site that was hand coded. I knew it was ugly then, and its even uglier now). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maligno Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 If it's not too late to comment: the measurement includes the deadwood as Frank says. Drop me a note if you have any questions; I have a ton of photos of my Weekender build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthadder Posted April 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 Yes you are both right, whew! Keel laminated and ready for the next stage thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tadw16@yahoo.com Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Another Weekender Keel Question Hello out there I'm new to the forum so here's my problem. Every time I trailer my boat I scrape the keel. It's starting to get pretty shabby under there. I have painted multiple times but I still get gouges in the wood. Any sages out there with a solution. I have pondered a keel keeper like you put on a bass boat but I am not there yet. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAR Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 You'll need a "shoe", yep a keel shoe and they typically can be metal or plastic, with each having good and bad things to consider. The shoe is a fairly thick length of flat stock (of whatever material), bent around the bottom of the keel. It's bedded in polyurethane or polysulfide (my preference) and lightly screwed to the keel. This takes the abuse and is considered sacrificial in nature, getting replaced when sufficiently embarrassing enough to warrant it. Something as simple as a metal "half oval" will do, but a Weekender's keel is wide, so you'll want a bigger hunk of whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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