Bow/Keel Repair

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by CYENSEN

sorry, but what the hell does a keel guard look like?

Click here:

http://www.keelguard.com/

[reelapeelin]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[Stillrunning]

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]

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]

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]

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... ;) ...