Lead ballast keels of CD Typhoons

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fhall02usa
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Lead ballast keels of CD Typhoons

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Any reports of problems with lead ballast keels in CD Typhoons?
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You'll find you get better, more thoughtful, responses if you provide a little more specificity in your question. Exactly what about the lead ballast keel are you concerned about? Are you seeing signs of weeping? Are you getting hollow sounds when you rap it with a ball-peen hammer?
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Sea Hunt Video
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Re: Lead ballast keels of CD Typhoons

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Practical Sailor recently published this article on encapsulated lead ballast keels.

https://www.practical-sailor.com/blog/C ... Blog062917

I am not very good with this computer stuff so I am "ever hopeful" that the above is a correct link to the website. If not, sorry. :cry:
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