Why we Chose a DIY Fixed Keel for our Sailboat [2.11]

Finally we have reached a decision regarding what direction we should go with regarding the keel. It feels really good to finally have reached a final decision after a lot of weeks considering different options - Should we keep the swing keel? Or cast a new keel ourselves? But before we made the final decision we removed the "wings" of the swing keel as a final evaluation. In this video we also start some other jobs that needs to be completed before splash day; we remove the propeller shaft so that we can replace the cutlass bearing and shaft sealing, and we also start to remove the through-hulls. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:33 Propeller shaft removal 05:05 Through-hull removal 06:19 Swing keel "wing" removal 08:46 Swing keel mechanical gear removal 10:55 Keel decision! 15:54 Boat stability We are Thomas and Petra and late August 2020 we left Sweden to start our first sailing adventure. We sailed for a year to the Caribbean and back again. October 2023 we bought a new sailboat, a Wasa 530 that is need of some renovation. On our channel you will be able to follow our process - from buying a sailboat that has been standing for 10+ years and turning her into a perfect blue water cruiser! Our plan going forward is to post a new video bi-weekly on Saturdays. More info about our new sailboat can be found here: http://sailingannemon.com/about/the-boat-anne-mon-ii/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sailingannemon/ Playlist with all videos from our sailboat refit: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHgGaw1dpS5_VjMQI7M9VAgMQJ5zlaB4C Playlist with all videos from our previous sailing adventure: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHgGaw1dpS58DNEgP1EqVa86y70nOBaMS Our first boat Anne-Mon I was also a renovations project. On our website we have a lot of blog posts about the renovations of Anne-Mon I and also more of our first sailing adventure: http://sailingannemon.com/