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What happens if barnacles grow on the keel?

April 26, 2017barnacles grow happens Keel

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What happens if barnacles grow on the keel?

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We recommend the keel be retracted when the boat is not used. If you forget, and the keel has not been bottom painted, barnacles can slow the retracting action. You may have to slowly retract the keel a few inches at a time so that the barnacles are scraped off by the hull as the keel retracts.