What I noticed on my vessel, and Ericson 38, was that if I thrashed the boat in heavier seas, she took on more water because the keel was bending at the attachment point at the base of the boat. I eventually had the keel dropped, found rotted bolts from sea water (after 35 years) and drove the keel to Ontario CA, to Mars Keel factory, who had the keel for 3 weeks and installed new keel bolts, and then faired the keel on a machine. The job was excellent and less than $4K. I picked up the keel and drove it back to Maine and first rebedded the keel to base with an epoxy and plastic sheets, to make a proper base to boat connection. I then dropped the keel, removed the plastic and covered the keel with 5200, and reattached the new keel, then glassed the connection.
I will attach some pictures of the job, before, during and after.
Neal Weinstein
Enterprise