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reelapeelin 01-15-2007 05:20 PM

Re: Bow/Keel Repair
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by CYENSEN
sorry, but what the hell does a keel guard look like?



Click here:

http://www.keelguard.com/

reelapeelin 01-15-2007 05:27 PM

Re: Bow/Keel Repair
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by parishht
Thanks all for the replys.
This is why I come to this site, it is a great knowledge base.



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 ...

parishht 01-15-2007 05:49 PM

Re: Bow/Keel Repair
 
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.

msbhammer 01-15-2007 07:28 PM

Re: Bow/Keel Repair
 
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

mod7x 01-16-2007 01:27 AM

Re: Bow/Keel Repair
 
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

Stillrunning 01-16-2007 04:15 PM

Re: Bow/Keel Repair
 
This is the only pic I knew about without any searching.
http://www.overtons.com/cgi-bin/over...arge.cgi?22283

Stillrunning 01-16-2007 04:18 PM

Re: Bow/Keel Repair
 
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.

reelapeelin 01-16-2007 04:48 PM

Re: Bow/Keel Repair
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by mod7x
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



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 ... ;)

bradford 01-17-2007 01:09 AM

Re: Bow/Keel Repair
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by mod7x
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 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.

reelapeelin 01-17-2007 07:04 PM

Re: Bow/Keel Repair
 
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... ;) ...


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