[C38] Catalina smile

[les]

Hi, Michael,
	The list has several articles on the smile, and some boats have wood
and some apparently don't.  I believe there was one article describing
replacing the wood with fiberglass.
	The smile typically results from how the boat is blocked when it is on
the hard, or from contact with the bottom while moving.  If you have the
smile and it is just a small crack at the joint, it is probably not too
problematic, if there is a gap, that could be a sign of more interest.
I am not familiar with the shoal draft keel and its relevance to the
smile, so maybe one of the other owners could comment more on that.

Regards,
Les H
On Fri, 2011-05-27 at 15:29 -0500, Michael Sundquist wrote:
> I have a 1981 C38.  I purchased the boat in Feb 2011.  I was scrubbing
> the bottom today and saw I had the smile across the front of my keel
> (Shoal draft).  I know this has to be fixed.  Can this wait to the end
> of the year?  I am pretty sure I have the plywood in the bilge.  I see
> there is a tech article on keel bolts. Does anyone know if the
> complete bilge where the keel bolts are is plywood encased in
> fiberglass or where it starts and ends?  Any suggestions would be
> helpfull. 
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