My question is how DO you raise and lower it. My Catalina 22 has a winch
with a cable that goes through the hole in the floor with the rubber hose on
it and attaches to the bottom of the keel so you can raise and lower it from
just inside the companion way. (This design IMO is one of the stupidest
things I have ever seen.. If they have to put a 3 inch hole in the bottom of
the boat then why didn't they make the tube that the cable goes through out
of something solid that goes up above the waterline? All too often an unwary
Catalina 22 owner finds their boat on the bottom of the lake because the
hose has somehow managed to come off, but I digress.) In the picture of the
H23 swing keel that was posted appears to have no cable at the bottom of the
keel and no place to put one. Is there some device that pushes the keel up
from the front? That would seem to be a difficult place for good leverage,
How do they work? How heavy is the keel? A Catalina 22 swing keel can weigh
well over 500 pounds.
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"d parker" wrote in message
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Now that we have decieded what keel you have, we can go through some
points.
Swings are usually a little slower than drop keel (daggerboard) boats. Due
to the added drag caused by the "slot/s" and in some cases cable.
They are however excellent if you bump the bottom as there is less chance
of doing harm to the "case" as they just fold aft.
A point of interest here is that the pic you show is a "Swing" with a
small "wing" attached. As Matt mentioned before the wing helps to get
wieght lower and in the case of this particular one I would think the
designers have developed it to assist in minimising the various vorecies
that would be occuring around that area as well.
Frankly though, I dont like the design in the picture as it is not one
that lends itself to the beaching of the boat, which is one of the many
good reasons to own a trailerable. Though it is probably quite stable with
the keel up.
DP
"Jim" wrote in message
oups.com...
Ok, I'm really embarrassed now , but I think that I should have used
the term "swing keel". See the link shown below. This is what the thing
looks like. The caption on the photo says "Infamous Wing Wing
Keel"---which is were I got the term in the first place. I think that
this "keel" is more like a centerboard or daggerboard (maybe). Anyway,
apparently this keel has at least two positions completely "up" and
completey "down" ---or maybe more---I dunno. Anyway, assuming that
"SWING KEEL" is the correct term, how dos the thing work and how do you
let it up and down (...maybe with a rope...er...I mean a sheet).
Thanks, Jim
http://www.sailboatowners.com/album/...51942590&bts=T