Keel Guards for TomCat 255?

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Mike...

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Hello to all...

I am just checking to see if the prevailing wisdom is still that Keel Guards are not appropriate for the TomCat.
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mike
 
wannaboat":26itkz46 said:
Hello to all...

I am just checking to see if the prevailing wisdom is still that Keel Guards are not appropriate for the TomCat.
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mike
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I love the concept but they would be problematic for our bunk trailers.

If I were to ever have a keel guard (on another vessel) I would ONLY adhere it and never attach it with screws. I avoid screwing through the hull whenever possible.
 
I guess if you were beaching the boat a lot, the keel guard would be a reasonable addition. We don't see any need for it--and we do beach the bow on our "sugar sand" a few times a year. With slicks on the trailer, I don't think that the Keel Guard will add much.
 
To enhance Bob and Matt's responses , if you beach [on sand or rock ] alot ,with a steep shore and you do not run totally ground with the motors [still off of the bottom], Keelguard [should be called entryguard]devices are very good . If properly applied, and with a properly fitted trailer ,there would be little interaction for loading and unloading .It would just boil down to how much bow contact you have with whatever shore line you are nudging up to .Really not worth worrying much about .
Marc
 
The slips in Whittier Harbor were designed for mono-hull boats, with triangles of concrete and wood at the head of each finger. Last year, I had Keel Guard installed on our 24 TomCat to prevent the bow from rubbing against the dock. This year, I found a rock at about 3 knots and grounded the boat enough that I had to power off in reverse. It made a horrible grinding noise and made me feel sick.

When I got the boat up on the trailer, I found that the port side keel guard is scuffed up, and torn in 2 places but the fiberglass is untouched. This stuff is worth every penny.
 
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