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    Anonymous
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    Dear owners.
    I found a crack between the hull and lead bulbkeel.
    Tell me how to tighten the the keel bolts at NC42?
    What do I need to do?
    Thank you and happy New year.

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    Anonymous
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    Sergei, be very careful.
    You will need information, probably from Nauticat, as to exactly what kind of bolts they are. What material, size, torque, and how they are fixed, are they Thru-bolts, cast in, tapped in from above etc…..
    Your description of ‘crack’ is not clear, is it in the bedding compound between the lead and the fibreglass hull ? It may appear as a crack but might be sound but in need of re-filling. Fin keels occasionally fall off when bolts break due to unreported / checked collision damage incurred when a keel has hit an underwater object. This may have happened years before as in the old Beneteau which capsized in the Atlantic a few years ago.
    This is a professional job for a boatyard, good luck.
    Best,
    Ned Coackley N33 521

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