Geno:
    You make it VERY difficult for someone to follow your
    instructions!  You made a remark about, "Keep the lead part
    on the bottom" .... problem
    is I don't have a lead part... mine's cast iron! (I'm talking
    about the keel, not my... never mind)
    Which is kind of interesting, actually.  Cast iron will take a
    good whack and remain in the same shape, whereas lead can alter
    its' appearance with a good grounding followed by the odd few
    hours when the boat's out of the water spent picking pieces of
    whatever out of the keel... one of the boats at NYC did the race
    from Neuport-Bahamas couple of years ago and last spring entailed
    picking bits of coral out of the keel; but that's another story!
    Bit thing about lead, obviously, is that it won't rust in salt
    water - or anywhere else for that matter - the way cast iron
    could; particulary at haulout when the air gets at it.  Therein
    lies the odd part about this and the cause of my confusion...
    my present boat is a Jeanneau (that's a French boat!), and
    the one previous was a Kelt (that's a French boat, too!)... they
    BOTH had (well, HAVE actually since I haven't managed to sink
    either one of 'em) iron keels.  They are both designed as off-
    shore boats (meaning salt water) and the Jeanneau, particularly,
    is DESIGNED to be used in the Caribbean charter business!
    I need a drink.....
    So don't say "Keep the lead up" again, ok?  It's confusing!
 * S2S Toronto, Ontario  (416) 975-1547
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