2 pts for Doug.

I never knew Carina meant keel until I saw an interesting
show on the stars recently, which reminded me of this boat.

Fitting name for a boat with a full keel.

There is more than one Carina. Carina 1 is still alive and racing
and undergoing restoration this year, according to the
below article.

More information on Carina
http://astro.temple.edu/~bstavis/pr/carina2.htm
http://astro.temple.edu/~bstavis/pr/carina1.htm

"DSK" wrote

Bart Senior wrote:
What consellation or star means "keel"?
1 pt


Carina
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/con...ns/carina.html

But it's a southern constellation, not many people up here would have
probably ever seen it... I haven't for example (although I have seen the
Southern Cross).

Bonus: What famous boat is named after this?
1 pt


Carina, of course. IIRC a ~60' S&S designed ketch that won a lot of big
races in the '50s... very pretty boat, too. Somewhere amongst my books
of boat designs there is a chapter on her with lines plan & pictures...
too bad more of this kind of stuff isn't on the wwweb... yet

Fresh Breezes- Doug King