Years ago it was recommended that you hang a drogue off the stern often an old tire and run under bare poles. I found out the hard way it's better to put your nose into the sea. Not your butt. Putting the stern into the sea came from the Dutch sailing the North Sea. But their boats are double enders...

I'm an old time fiberglasser /fibreglasser ??? Haven't done any in the last15years until the last 6 months. Guest when a bought my boat. It's a different world today. US Composites has great epoxy's for many uses. They are very informative and helpful Their products are very good. They even have epo...

So the saga continues. I don't like cutting holes into structural parts of a boat until I know what I'm getting into. Having said that. There was already one hole on the Portside that gave access to the locking Bolt, I finally broke down and cut another 3inch hole on the Starb'd side. Not pivot bolt...

Catigale wrote:There are some iron keel threads in the Venture forum,dos...I'm going to move the thread there to see if that can get some attention.


Stand by...on the uproll, move thread!!

Thanks
Please keep me posted
Appreciate the information

DOS

briantousignant wrote:I removed mine by lowering with cable until the keel rested on the trailer axle. Then jack the fwd end of keel to remove weight from bolt. Drive bolt out using center punch and hammer. Good luck. Mine was a real grunt.

Appreciate the info. Wish me luck

Mad Mike used to his :macx: with two long oars so I'm sure a 22 is easier. I recall he would sit just forward of the pedestal with oar locks on the cockpit coaming rail Thanks I don't like to reinvent the wheel. So knowing it's been done before gives me a head start. The M22 is like a cockleshell s...

I watched a guy row his 28 foot sailboat out of his slip and into the channel leading to the ocean. Then an while later I watched him row back to his slip. He had long rubber strips creating spring tension that would pull the oars forward. He would sit facing forward, pull the oars back and allow t...

K9Kampers wrote:To effectively row the in this fashion, I've figured the minimum oar length to be at least 12'.

Okay I'm in the ball game.
Where do you stow a 12ft oar on a 22ft boat?
The nearst oars I've seen are 11ft wood
Have to split in 2 and engineer a coupling device
Thanks for the info

DOS

Just obtained a 1980 M22 in good condition. It floats and doesn't leak which is a good start It came with a 9.9hp 4 stroke weight #180s As I'm only planning on sailing in local lakes I would like to leave the motor at home and row the boat as required Anyone done that to a M22? What did you do? Prob...

Just purchased a 1980 M 22 with an iron keel. Have user Manual which shows the keel bolt configuration. The locking bolt is jammed in and previous owner tried to remove it ^$%#(^ Before I start to drill the bolt out what am I getting into. 1/ Is there a steel plate that the bolt goes through? 2/ Is ...