Keel design: what's best? by ted brewer. article taken from good old boat magazine: volume 3, number 4, july/august 2000. ted brewer reviews the ins and outs and ups and downs of keel design. the purpose of a keel, fin, or centerboard is to provide resistance to making leeway; in effect, to keep the yacht from sliding sideways through the water due to wind pressure on the sails.. Keel design according to perry (guest post by bob perry) "go ahead and love your crab crusher full keel boat but don’t try to justify the design on technical terms. some traditional full keel designs have a lot of subjective, aesthetic appeal.. Hull shape, keel and rudder shape and design, ballast displacement ratio, sail area, weight ratio, sail plan, etc. the following explanations are somewhat simplified, but give you some of the basic considerations and flindamentals of keel shape and performance to be expected..
West wight potter sailboats, the "voyager" sailboat review.see the benefits of going with a ballasted stub keel. detection and methods - how to curing leaking keel bolts. dibley marine - new zealand's best-known sailboat designis, keel and bulb design.. This project encompasses the design and manufacturing of a remote controlled sailboat with a canting keel. it is intended to make the design process open sourced so that other enthusiasts may derive motivation and ideas from this project.. We all want full keel heavy sailboats for ocean passages. why? is there any science that supports the opposite...that lighter weigh fin keel sailboats have s....
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