On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:57:51 GMT, "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."

The keel is the only part of a sailboat that benefits from weight, and
even there it should be limited to just what is necessary.