The fixed-keel model Catalina 22 should be launched by experienced persons with the aid of a hoist and slings.

Catalina 22 keel repair. Replacing the swing keel cable on your Catalina 22 while I ended up putting two stands in the rear slacked the cable and then took a floor jack and stuck it under the tongue of the trailer and jacked it up. Note that it will not be as tight as if the full weight of the keel were pulling on it 24. For a complete understanding of the Catalina 22 and Catalina 25 swing keel pivot mechanism start with the first article in this series.

History of Retractable Keel Design. It currently has a cabin half full of ice. Retractable-keel models are also often launched using a.

After all the mess with getting the crud off the keel I awoke one morning last week worrying that I had not bought the correct keel for this boat. Keel Cable The keel cable is the mysterious device that attaches our heavy iron keel to the even-more-mysterious winch thats bolted below the bridgedeck. Its a swing keel sitting on a trailer.

Rebuilding a catalina 22 from the keel up. This time Im posting pictures so a friend can help me find someone to fix it preferably without spending an arm and a leg. They are the following.

Today is another post about the keel. This video shows how we removed the swing keel from Seanachai our 1986 Catalina 22. 26 Apr 2015 2233 Yacht Maintenance Eddy Riener Sales Agent Tags.

The Keel had not been maintained in who knows how many years and I thought that I. Its a 1974 Catalina 22 been out of the water for about a year now. 1 Weld in new keel bolts 2 drill and tap in new keel bolts 3 pocket in new keel bolts 4 lag in new keel bolts 5 goop on a lot of fiber glass on out side of keel and hull 6 replace the nuts.