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Thanks for those tips guys, Ken what do you recommend for and procedure to wrapping the joint.

Torqueing the bolts, not really in my comfort zone at this stage, my thought is wait to see what it looks like after the summer and scratch my head about it then.

just wasnt sure how far to go with grinding, i havent done this before,it only took a few minutes to do what i did.I have not seen tech articles that you speak of.I guess i could have keel shimmed and or blocked in cradle but was planing on launching next week .I will make sure its done in the fall

Thanks for the replys,I dremeled out the smile , it doesn"t appear to be punky,there is now palm sized chip out of the leading edge of the keel ,which i assume needs  epoxy.wondering do i epoxy up to the crack then apply G/flex, or just epoxy chip area and crack both, ....also i do suspect the boat is not in cradle properly ,there is no blocking under keel.

So  can i just   " v" out crack on my 1988 keel, and apply some g/flex 655 or some other product,(3M 5200?) and get a fix for a crack along the leading edge.it looks to be a small opening on the leading edge, tapering to a hairline crack for 18".