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Morgans wrote:
You are missing the technical definition of a keel boat. Tri hulls and Catamarans are not keelboats. Deep displacement sailboats without moveable centerboards are keel boats. I kneaux that, you and Dave are missing the irony of my point. I seem to remember the Kiwi's bringing their supersized keel boat to a race here in the US quite awhile back and losing to a 2 hulled blow boat that allows one side to fly [somewhat back on topic] when the winds are sufficient... Hence more hulls in this race, wins by design... Most every boat hull has a "keel", some just geaux deeper in the water than others... A Louisiana Jon Boat [flatbottom] comes to mind... g |
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