[alberg30] Heres a great smaller boat...

[SandersM at aol.com]

From: SandersM at aol.com


In a message dated 2/4/00 12:09:47 PM, mgrosh at shore.intercom.net writes:

>So, having noted all that, being faced with such...derangement; I find
>I must withdraw my observations about full keel daysailors. It's clear people
>are going to sail what they perceive as fulfilling regardless of
>considerations of practicality, performance, seaworthiness, etc.

If by this you mean to imply that full-keeled daysailors are less practical 
and seaworthy, and poorer performers than their fin-keeled sisters, and that 
sailors choose them solely for their "fulfilling" (aesthetic?) qualities, you 
would be mistaken.   

A full-keeled vessel will be more practical; she will be able to carry more 
weight and still maintain her trim and design waterline.  She will be more 
seaworthy; she will cut through chop and have a more forgiving motion in a 
seaway, and will be less prone to knockdown and capsize.  

As for performance, that depends so much on the individual design, and the 
prevailing winds and seas, as to make a judgment difficult.  The full-keeled 
daysailor will almost certainly perform better in higher winds and seas; 
depending on the design, she may also perform better in light airs.  She will 
have a higher moment of inertia, for example, to keep her moving through 
lulls.  Depending on the hardness of her bilges, she may have less wetted 
surface, and offer less resistance through the water.  Anyone familiar with 
Ted Hood's centerboard hulls -- not full-keeled boats, but closer in design 
to a modified full-keel than to a high-aspect fin keel -- will readily grasp 
the concept.  

Sanders McNew
WILD ELF  (# 297)
Oyster Bay, New York

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