The cast iron is not too bad. What I initially took for flaking, rusty iron turned-out to be rust-stained chalk deposit. But in a few spots the rust was starting to go beyond the benign surface corrosion. The cleaning of the keel will be finished by sand-blasting.
While I wait for delivery of materials, I have re-threaded the holes of the bolts. The original 3/8" holes are now converted to M10 holes. (Vive le système métrique!)
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| Re-threading the holes for the keel bolts. |
