Bow/Keel Repair

parishht said:
Thanks all for the replys.
This is why I come to this site, it is a great knowledge base.
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Here's my question...is your bow gonna just get banged-up like that again or is it being babied a little more? ...I put a Keel Guard on mine, cause I beach it at the lakes frequently and it does get dinged up ... seems no use makin' it all pretty if ya know it's gonna get HIT again, put a Guard on it ... ;D ...
 
I know it will get babied after repair,
Last year was my first full year of learning to trailer
during tides.
Now that I know what I am doing,
I can get on the trailer during a full flow tide.

Keel guard is tempting, but it just may make me lazy.
 
Parishht, I agree with you on the tides. The tide ripps through the Lewes canal making it tricky to dock at times. Thank god for extra bumpers. ;D
 
if anybody has pics of a keelgard installed on a V I would like to see them, been thinkin about putting a keelgard or hambe on mine but i'm not sure if they will work on that sharp of a V, all the pics on the keelgard website show them on bass boats. thanks
 
I had some rough areas on my keel. I just sand down around the rough area. Then used west system and the thickening stuff they have to make it likt a past and just applied and sanded. Took a couple of coats but only a couple of hours.
 
mod7x said:
if anybody has pics of a keelgard installed on a V I would like to see them, been thinkin about putting a keelgard or hambe on mine but i'm not sure if they will work on that sharp of a V, all the pics on the keelgard website show them on bass boats. thanks
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No pics to show ya, but the KG attaches very well to the V's V ...only problem I had was w/ trailer on/off ... ;)
 
mod7x said:
if anybody has pics of a keelgard installed on a V I would like to see them, been thinkin about putting a keelgard or hambe on mine but i'm not sure if they will work on that sharp of a V, all the pics on the keelgard website show them on bass boats. thanks
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I think thats the problem mine had. All the boats I've seen with a a keel guard besides mine didn't have as sharp an entry on the bow. Mine started to peel from the front, when I went to replace it I got hit with sticker shock and decided not to.
 
The V-20 sharp bow did not pose a problem for the KG ...wrapped it very nicely and looked like it came from the factory that way... ;) ...
 
reel how far below the bow eye did you start and what kind of problems did you have with loading and unloading on the trailer
 
Actually, Mod there was some gel-cote damage above the bow-eye, so I cut out a ''slot'' in the KG before installing, so the KG started ABOVE the eye to cover the damage...it looked REALLY good after I got it on, but about a year or so after, I was loadin' the boat one day and missed the center keel-roller, which allowed the bow to come down heavy on the trailer frame :-/ ... when I backed off to reposition, the frame sliced a big gouge right outta the KG :o which bummed me out to the MAX >:( ... removed it after that ...I've changed the trailer set-up to better guide the bow on, and will eventually replace KG ...


Since I've repaired the bow damage, I'd start the KG below where the winch-roller contacts the bow when loaded ;) ...
 
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I have a keelguard on my V. Old picture, I hope you can see it. It has been on the boat since I purchased it. It started to separate from the hull where the trailer bow roller hits it. I roughed the hull and used thickened epoxy to glue it back down. That was 2-3 years ago and it is still sticking good!!

Geek
 
One other thing that you may want to do is to add a rubber pad on each side of the center roller. If you miss the roller then you will not damage the keel. I find that backing my trailor down so the back rollers are just above the water line will prevent this from occuring. If I'm not straight on the trailor I just let it kind of float off some and the rollers then will position the boat. This is a little tricky when current is an issue.
 
Yeah, Still...loadin' in a current can be a bummer :'( ...I reconfigured and added bunks to the trailer, so less likely to happen again, but thanks for the suggestion ;) ;D ...
 
This is true! But that is 1/2 the problem as I see it. If you get it deep, then you get between the poles should be good to go, even if the tide is running.

I think?
 
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