Hi Dave, thanks for the good advice. The original holes do line up, we'll use them. My question, proposed from my son, was kind of confusing and didn't make a lot of sense, sorry.
Here's his concern/question:
Most of the keels I see are painted over, with the same final coat of paint covering the rest of the the hull. This creates a smooth fillet in both corners of the keel & hull, and a continuous surface that seals the bedding compound in between. But if we have a painted hull, and attach a varnished keel with a bead of bedding compound in between, then those fillets are gone, and the continuous surface is broken, potentially opening a gap, letting water between the varnished keel and painted hull, eroding the bedding compound out, and either getting moldy, causing rot, or eventually leaking.
So I'm wondering if:
1. There's a better way that more experienced people do this.
2. Screwing the keel down creates enough deformation of the soft varnish and painted canvas to effectively seal it.
3. I'm just overthinking this, & getting slightly paranoid that I'll find a way to screw this up yet as the end of this project draws nearer.
Thanks!
Pete
If all goes well, it'll be done in time for the wcha event in Spooner, Wi on the 25th.
...in the snow.