Dix Design www.dixdesign.com provides the drawing to make the Dix 43 keel box in steel. In the case of one wood/epoxy boat the keel shoe is 1.1mtrs, high and 4.4 mtrs, long and around 430mm wide at the top of the keel. It weighs one ton and the internal cast lead five tons.
'This zinc anode can be re used but as the new one had been purchased, that one went on anyway.
This anode weighs four kgs, the one it has replaced was the same and had lost just 80 grams in two and a half years in the water.
The stud below the anode is a drain out plug to remove the fluid (diesel) from the tank area in the keel box.
Note the hole in the zinc, that was drilled out using a new 32mm flat bit and a large electric drill.
There are some alloy anodes on the market, they sell for less but will do less and not last as long!
Roy
The stud below the anode is a drain out plug to remove the fluid (diesel) from the tank area in the keel box.Note the hole in the zinc, that was drilled out using a new 32mm flat bit and a large electric drill.
There are some alloy anodes on the market, they sell for less but will do less and not last as long!
Roy
