Rudder and Keel Repairs, Tauranga
We at Hutcheson Boatbuilders repair damaged rudders and keels and can check your keel bolts and steering system to ensure your vessel is seaworthy.
It is important that your vessel has reliable steering. If you are the skipper of a sail boat with a bolt on keel, it is also important that the keel is properly secure and the area of the hull where the keel is attached is in good condition. Accidents such as striking an underwater object can affect the integrity of keels and rudders and will possibly need repairing.
Lightly built sailing boats can suffer from the rigors of the forces applied against the keel and as a result, keel bolts can be damaged, structures can fracture or become unbounded, damage can occur to the hull area of the keel stub and there is the risk of water penetration inside the hull!
Area in the hull where the keel is attached via keel bolts
Base of keel in need some maintenance and keel bolts replacing
Hutcheson Boatbuilders Ltd,
17 Hikuwai Place, Sulphur Point,
Tauranga 3110, New Zealand.
Postal Address:
PO Box 339,
Tauranga, 3140.
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