Now things had to happen quickly. Before I flip the hull and take it out of the workshop, I wanted to try on the keel and drill the holes for the keel bolts. I thought it would be easier to do this as long as the boat is upside down and here in the workshop I have sturdy iron supports on the ceiling for the manual chain host.

I built a small cart to transport the keel. With a laser and a string I marked the center of the hull. I fitted the jig with 4 heavy-duty rollers so that I could move it around in the workshop. With the chain hoist i lifted and aligned the keel fin to the laser and string line.

Then I first drilled with an 8mm drill and after this from the inside of the hull and from the outside with the 12mm drill.

On frame D` I had to drill from the inside with the angle drill due to the lack of space.

The keel plate adapted quite well to the hull, although not perfectly. That’s why I decided to remove the filler in the area of the keel plate. Later when it`s time to fix the keel i will apply an additional layer of epoxy resin compound to fill the gap and will have this connetion as sturdy as possible.