Does anyone know of a keel guard that will stay on aluminum boats. I know several companies make then but have'nt heard of one staying on over a year. They will stay on glass just fine.
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Does anyone know of a keel guard that will stay on aluminum boats. I know several companies make then but have'nt heard of one staying on over a year. They will stay on glass just fine.
No. I had two come off in a matter of weeks. Some of the better aluminum boats are built with a double thick extruded keel for this reason.
Got a hole in my boat. Took about 5 years its .125 thick. Concrete loves aluminum. ATM you should have a extruded keel. Sea Ark boats do the ones they sell now anyway. Mine don't. 1/4 inch plate would do the trick
My SeaArk has the double keel for a thickness of 1/4 of a inch....I am going to put a keel guard on top of that.....Tush Hog has had the Keel Guard on his for about 6 years now I think without any problems. The folks at Keel Guard told me that with proper surface prep it would stick to aluminum better than glass on certain aluminum boats ( depends a lot on the shape of the keel).....dunno, but already have the Keel Guard so when it warms up I will try it.
At Sardis at least, better yet. Why don't they add some floating docks for us to park boats? They want to preach about safety but can't even give a guy a safe place to pull the boat up if the wind gets up. Can't count all the boats I've seen sunk at Holiday Lodge. Yet they spent no telling how much paving Wyatt's when its not even usable 9 months out of the year and there was not a parking issue to begin with. And adding the same off HWY 7 for a handful of people to use. Should have spent all that on a nice ramp at Piney Point on the east bank. That concrete will eat the alluminum up in a hurry. OK. I'm done venting.
WOULD A STRIP OF DURABAK NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM . DON'T THINK YOU COULD GET IT OFF . GOOGLE IT .:dono
7 ramp is a joke. No way that the boat launching fees will ever pay for that ramp in my lifetime. It's primarily used by bank fishermen anyway. Wyatt's concrete is also a joke. That money could have gone to lay more gravel at Indian mound to park and widen that ramp. Put some boat beaching pads on the concrete ramps. Also mark the river from Holliday to 7 Bridge. Geuss Iam wishing to much.
All I can figure is politics and someone pocketed some money on a side deal with all of that. Hell, even at the lower lake they have a dock to pull up on and its the last ramp I'd say even needs one. I keep thinking they'll get out and re-stake that ditch going out from Holiday also with stakes high enough to get out long after the water comes up. No telling how many boats swamped by people that don't know to stay in the ditch and get swamped once they lodge on the ground. I've seen a lot go out and turn back east and its over with if waves are coming. Ok. I'm done ranting a 2nd time. :)
I've installed a bunch if Keel Guards, and haven't had any issue so far including my demo.
My boat is an 860 Wareagle and the keel has a doubler on it. I just can't stand the sound of aluminum dragging on concrete. I do my best to stay off of it but the wind or the truck parker sooner or later is going to make it happen.
are you just bumping up to the ramp or actually parking on it. We bump up to it all the time so that I can get out to go get the truck and I have looked and I don't even see a scratch on it.
Yeah that's not a good sound. Even when your taking it easy.
Do your ramps not have docks with them?? I'm trying to figure why you would ever touch concrete ramps with your boats?? I can't think of a ramp I've put in here that did not have a dock beside it to tie your boat up to. I posted this picture to show how shallow a ramp was with our lake down a few feet, but you see the dock beside it. Don't your ramps have these? :dono
What an I missing.
He's just pulling up to it. Wind is not your friend when it's at your back. Even with no wind just pulling up and taping it over time will eat it up. Especially if you go about 30-60 times a year.Quote:
Originally Posted by clfarms1
You ain't missing nothing were missing a boat dock. No docks on Sardis. Just one on lower sardis.Quote:
Originally Posted by SeaRay
The problem at our lakes is the low water ramp is 3/4 mile from the high water ramp. At the same landing.
Sardis is not a recreational lake. It's a flood control reservoir. Ain't got time for boat docks. Now they do have a marina glad I remembered that before some old geezer just had to correct me.
Long walkQuote:
Originally Posted by ATM
Yes it is. With the water level fluctuations the best we can hope for is rubber mats.Quote:
Originally Posted by hotrod1
Grenada lake has noting like that. Neither does Enid Lake. Often the only option is the concrete ramp, or rip-rap.Quote:
Originally Posted by SeaRay
Attachment 149306I gotta pull up onto the ramp to get out. Took me 3 years of solid use and 6 years of owning the boat to wear down the keel enough to have a small leak. I had a good aluminum welder fix me back up though and its at least twice as think as it was so I should be good for a while. Besides, you get used to that metal on concrete sound after a while :-)
Rubber mats would fix it....cannot understand why they do not do thatQuote:
Originally Posted by ATM
Tell 'em what that welder charged you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Handicrappie
Right on.Quote:
Originally Posted by ATM
2 thirty packs of Budlight.... but I did give him another $50. Pretty sure I got a good deal :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by ATM
It is marked I left white paint on a lot of stumps along the bank up through there the first week I had my lund.:biggrinQuote:
Originally Posted by hotrod1
NiceQuote:
Originally Posted by ShilohRed
I usually look for a little softer spot on the bank somewhere off to the side of the ramp to ground it so I can go get the trailer. A little more of a hassle but I haven't noticed any damage to my boat.
How long of a strip did he weld for you?Quote:
Originally Posted by Handicrappie
They do have the rubber mats at Grenada and Enid at one ramp each, but this time of year, they're not usable. They're 30-40' out of the water. I don't like em in the summer either. They are Slick, and you will burst your butt when they get moss on them. I slipped and fell on the one at Enid last year, and it weren't no fun!!!!! :-)
This is all I'm asking for. Maybe a stocked bar on top serving burgers. Couldn't cause a fraction of that marina put in at Sardis. I guess someone thought Sardis would be the next Pickwick.
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That's nice
I bet you could easily pay for that place in the spring and summer selling burgers to boaters. Just drop em down from the balcony. Kinda like a Sonic on the lake. :) $$$$Quote:
Originally Posted by 27458
can't operate a buissness on corp lake ! Lol .Quote:
Originally Posted by bigrivermarine
What do ya call the marina at Sardis? Besides what you're Really thinking!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAQuote:
Originally Posted by eagle 1
BTW, it was good seeing you and Knightshadow1 yesterday at the lake. Hope he enjoys My net!!!! :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by eagle 1
Can't remember exactly how they did that but don't think it's a private business .Put up a sign and try selling boats in the parking lot and see what happens ! lol . :biggrin
I'd rather sell "Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger, Pepsi, Pepsi" from a houseboat in the marina!!!!!! I know that won't fly tho. :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by eagle 1
I think its a private business....they pay the COE a lease.....they do that all over Kentucky lake.....Teen Tomm water way too for Marinas