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Post by Peter Cole on Aug 13, 2010 13:58:02 GMT
Hi,
This is my fist season with My Limbo 6.6 - Blue Max.
If some one could give me some maintenance / serving tips for the lifting keel or other areas of the Limbo which should take priority I would be very grateful.
I am based in Southend On Sea and I sail on the Thames every weekend, If any one fancies a Limbo get together or a little race you’ll know where to find me.
Many thanks
Pete Cole
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Post by matthew42uk on Aug 18, 2010 5:38:30 GMT
Pete I have had a part share in a Limbo for 5 or so years now and have had plenty of fun with it. I reckon they make an excellent small boat in anything other than big seas! Regards the keel ... we have had to do a variety of different 'fixes' as follows ... I have read of an owner's experience of having to replace the keel pin ... however I reckon that this was a very unfortunate one-off. The keel pin passes through a hole in the keel itself so there is no risk of the keel lifting off. The keel pin itself is never going to break. The most likely problem I can imagine is that the nuts that hold the pin may separate from the GRP of the keel box but you would clearly be able to see this should it start to happen ... which brings me to .... 2 years ago we had an interesting trip back from a regatta at Eastbourne as the keel box developed a crack at the aft end, where it meets the hull. This is below the water-line. Seemed serious at the time but a good GRP repair has done the trick - we are not the only people who have experienced this one. um .. also ... whilst sorting this problem we discovered that the boss on the keel that the wire from the winch attaches to had pretty much corroded away so we drilled and tapped an M10 thread in to the keel and put in a whacking big bolt to take the cable end instead - all good so far. ... and .... there is a metal plate under the hull where the keel would theoretically touch the hull if it swung all the way up. This at one point began to separate from the hull as it corroded around the bolts/screws that attach it to the hull. I have replaced the problem ones with screws + big washers with a zinc oxide paste or somesuch between the washers and the plate to try to reduce the level of corrosion. Will have to see how well that holds out. the keel does seem to bang around quite a bit, particularly in a short sea - most owners seem to have the same experience. We have packed out the keel box to an extent with a couple of 2mm polypropylene sheets which seems to have helped. Leaving a small amount of tension on the cable seems to help too and when motoring in to a short sea we often wind the keel up completely. you can find more at limboyachts.multiply.com/journal enjoy Matthew
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