Always crank the keel up and down slowly.

Catalina 22 keel lock. The keel can rust in fact in my case there was considerable damage. There is a cable that extends from the keel winch through a keel cable tube and then through what is called the volcano. I dropped the keel and built up the thickness of the part that remains in the trunk when extended.

The Catalina smile or the CC smile is something seen on many an older fin keel boat. The Catalina 22 is a small recreational keelboat built predominantly of fiberglass with teak wood trim. It has several important considerations associated with it.

The Catalina 22 uses a locking bolt to keep the keel down in case of a knock-down. It is coming in at a pretty common place on a Catalina 22. Problems can arise when the keel itself is used as a depth sounder on a regular basis in lieu of prudent seamanship and up-to-date charts.

Here you can see the start of a smile repair. High Security Padlock for Valuable Goods - Tamper-Detecting GPS-enabled Lock. Before raising or lowering the keel the lock down bolt on the port side of.

In bigger boats it is very difficult to achieve positive flotation but on Catalina 22 it was relatively easy. Screw it in about 38 to 12 inch and forget it. 15000 boats sold 2009 It has been built in different plants around the worldKnown in Australia as the BOOMAROO 22 A fixed keel version introduced in the early 1970s Draft.

What Im looking for is a similar option to the Catalina 22s locking bolt that functions by using friction against the side of the centerboard keel. The Catalina 22 was the first boat built by Catalina. The keel cable tube is fitted to the volcano with two hose clamps.