[C320-list] Crack Between Hull and Keel

[Dave Hupe]

Art-

On Tortuga, where do you have a smaller "rear" bolt? I have 10 large equal sized (1") bolts visible/accessible directly in the bilge area.   Is your smaller bolt hidden somewhere? 

Thanks, Dave Hupe
Hull #32
Holland, MI

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On Sun, 4/30/17, Art Harden <artstree at aol.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [C320-list] Crack Between Hull and Keel
 To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
 Date: Sunday, April 30, 2017, 4:12 PM
 
 I thought I would weigh in on the
 320 Catalina smile. In past emails I inquired as to the
 torque values for the keel bolts. Based on all emails
 back-and-forth I think it was resolved to be somewhere
 between 100 and 235 foot-pounds. Using my mechanics mind and
 a history of torquing a lot of bolts, I decided to split the
 difference.
 
 Today I finally
 managed to bring my sockets and torque wrench to the boat
 and check Tortuga. There are two sizes of bolts on the keel
 and I torqued them a different values. When I checked the
 large bolts I was surprised to find that some of them were
 as low as 70-80 foot pounds. Using my mechanics intuition, I
 torqued them to 175 foot pounds. When I hit the 100 pound
 mark, the nut still seem to lose to my way of thinking. So I
 kept going to the 175 which felt right based on the size of
 the bolt.
 
 The smaller bolt
 at the back of the keel was only 40 foot pounds. I torqued
 it to 80 and that felt right.
 
 My biggest surprise was how much I was able to
 actually torque each large nut.  I think only one nut was
 snug such that it did not move when the 175 foot-pounds was
 applied. 
 
 I'm not sure
 if this helps anyone else but it will make me feel better
 knowing everything is snug. We will find out tomorrow is
 Tortuga goes in the water in the morning. 
 
 Art Harden
 Tortuga Catalina 320
 937-477-5544 (m)