On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:20:15 -0400, Jason wrote:

You can fair it with thickened
epoxy but it will return within no time! Do inspect the keel bolts.

Good advice. A job I didn't do this year (because it is strictly
cosmetic) is to shallowly chisel out the keel/hull "C&C smile" and to
use faired down caulking instead of thickened epoxy. Certain
underwater caulks will have the necessary flex that epoxy doesn't, and
can take the bottom paint well.

A few friends have done this and it works well. Obviously, you chisel
out the lead side, rather than the glass side, just enough to take a
narrow bead. In many boats, the "crack" is already big enough.

R.