www.iFourWinns.com • View topic

View unanswered posts | View active topics

Board index » Care and feeding » General Care

All times are UTC - 6 hours [ DST ]

Bare Keel

Page 1 of 1

[ 7 posts ]

Print view

Previous topic | Next topic

Author

Message

AlexJ

Post subject: Bare Keel

Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 9:12 pm

email admin your custom rank

Joined: Sun May 28, 2006 9:33 pm
Posts: 368
Location: Lake Orion, Michigan

I just noticed that the boat's keel on my horizon 190 is completely stripped of gel coat. Fiberglass showing about one to two inches from center on each side. What to do if anything?

_________________
Alexj

1995 Four Winns Horizon 190
OMC 5.0 RL

Top

Surface Interval

Post subject: Re: Bare Keel

Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 9:31 pm

email admin your custom rank

Joined: Sun May 20, 2012 4:31 pm
Posts: 873
Location: Minneapolis, MN

I had the same boat. I installed a Keel shield many years ago and it worked well. I'd recommend getting the surface prepped and re-apply gel coat. Then install a Keelshield.

_________________
Surface Interval: A scuba diving term for that time between dives to relax and prepare for life's next great adventure.

Current boat: '02 FW 268 Vista
Previous boat: '95 FW 190 Horizon

Top

AlexJ

Post subject: Re: Bare Keel

Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 9:41 pm

email admin your custom rank

Joined: Sun May 28, 2006 9:33 pm
Posts: 368
Location: Lake Orion, Michigan

How expensive can that be?

_________________
Alexj

1995 Four Winns Horizon 190
OMC 5.0 RL

Top

LouC

Post subject: Re: Bare Keel

Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 10:01 pm

email admin your custom rank

Joined: Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:26 pm
Posts: 5662
Location: Long Island NY

Are you saying that the gel is completely off and you can see laminate?
If so have you done glass work before?
If so you can take a shot at it, there are a lot of vids you can watch on u tube to learn the technique.
If you don't feel comfortable it's not a big deal to have a glass shop look at it

_________________
88 Four Winns 200 Horizon
4.3 OMC Cobra-4bbl
2002 Walker Bay 10/2012 Suzuki 2.5
2008 Walker Bay 8

1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0/Selectrac
2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.7 Hemi/Quadradrive II

Top

pickledboater

Post subject: Re: Bare Keel

Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 10:08 pm

email admin your custom rank

Joined: Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:07 am
Posts: 206
Location: Clinton, Utah

+1 on the keel guard. Money well spent!

_________________
1999 180 Horizon LS 4.3 L GL Volvo SX
1994 Powerstroke
2002 Jeep Wrangler
not@work.gon
Happiness is an Empty Boat Trailer!!!

Top

AlexJ

Post subject: Re: Bare Keel

Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 2:00 pm

email admin your custom rank

Joined: Sun May 28, 2006 9:33 pm
Posts: 368
Location: Lake Orion, Michigan

Laminate is showing. What is the procedure called so I can look it up

_________________
Alexj

1995 Four Winns Horizon 190
OMC 5.0 RL

Top

LouC

Post subject: Re: Bare Keel

Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 2:41 pm

email admin your custom rank

Joined: Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:26 pm
Posts: 5662
Location: Long Island NY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N7YMr6E564

Even though my boat is bottom painted and has a lot of old paint on it and doesn't look great, the bottom is actually in excellent condition because I never beach the boat. Here we have coarse sand and small rocks so beaching the boat is really a bad idea.

Top

Page 1 of 1

[ 7 posts ]

Board index » Care and feeding » General Care

All times are UTC - 6 hours [ DST ]

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 13 guests

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum