how does one get sailboat lead?

[mozeppa]

i'm in indianapolis....not exactly the hub of sailboat activity.

so give!.....how does one get some?

[Jim Flinchbaugh]

buy a chainsaw, a big truck and start chasing hurricanes :)

[btroj]

Find a sailboat that is being salvaged. Get the keel weight, cut it up.

Sometimes it helps to be in the right geographical location. I don't get sailboats, dive weights, or net weights here in NE but I can get lots of other stuff.

[Sgtonory]

If you find one and need help with it i live just north of indy. I know there is a sailing club on Geist. Maybe ask them what they do with super old boats. There is also a boat repair place on the north loops of 465 forget the name of it.

[Sgtonory]

buy a chainsaw, a big truck and start chasing hurricanes :)

Great idea

[mozeppa]

If you find one and need help with it i live just north of indy. I know there is a sailing club on Geist. Maybe ask them what they do with super old boats. There is also a boat repair place on the north loops of 465 forget the name of it.

why yes there is!
passed that place this week!

[johnho]

Wait until they pull the sailboats out of the water for the winter. Go to boatyard at night and cut the thing off. There should be 100's of them all for the picking. Don't get caught. Sailboaters are picky about their keels. Sorry, that just hit me funny.

[ultramag]

I live in MO so I'm not in a sailboat mecca by any means either. I have bought some from a semi-local guy who repairs sailboats for a living on one of the lakes around here. He'll buy old junk boats for parts then he smelts and sells the keels. I bought 500 lbs. from him the last go round for $1 a pound already ingoted in muffin ingots. It was very comparable to most range scrap I've cast so far.

If you have sailboats on a lake near you, I imagine you have someone who repairs/refinishes them as well. Might be a good place to start. Good luck in your search.

[Baron von Trollwhack]

Take note that "sailboat lead" is often ZINC. BvT

[mozeppa]

how will i be able to tell zinc from lead?

i'd hate to buy 1000 pounds of zinc for $1000 + bucks ....only to wind up with zinc!

[Baja_Traveler]

Acid test it...

[KCSO]

Go to the nearest marina and cut the bottom out of the first boat you see????

Here we have the word in with the marina and they let us know when a boat is totaled, happens about once a summer.

[ASM826]

A cubic inch of lead (1x1x1) weighs 6.55 oz., zinc is 4.1 oz.
http://www.aqua-calc.com/page/density-table/substance/lead&density-chkbox-materials=on&density-chkbox-foods=on&density-chkbox-gravels=on (http://www.aqua-calc.com/page/density-table/substance/lead)

[starbits]

Scuba gear and an underwater plasma torch. :mrgreen:

Starbits

[Pat I.]

24 pounders seemed to work pretty well.

[wertman94]

Most sailboats if not all are lead. Saltwater eats up zinc.

[leadbutt]

If you did get a zinc keel for 1$ a pound then you just got paid. Zinc is worth a bit more then lead. Actually id rather be able to buy zinc for 1$ a pound then the lead just to scrap it and buy melted/clean lead with the money.

L. Bottoms

[Win94ae]

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