On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:57:51 +0000, derbyrm wrote:


Mr. Fox seems to disagree with Phillip C. Bolger. In "Thirty Odd Boats"
PCB, commenting on Herreshoff's Rosinante suggests that "half the weight in
that 3000 lb. keel is to give the boat momentum."

Recommended reading:

Chapter XVIII "The Sailing Machine" in "The Common Sense of Yacht Design"
by L. Francis Herreshoff. (volume II)

/Martin