40 minutes? Go back several years and see what I have said
about wing keels in other discussions.


Capt. Rob wrote:
Golly! So are you the 1st person to understand keels or just the only
one living?

Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. That's why you can so
easily find direct quotes.

a.... When I asked you how many 1st Series boats you had sailed,
the answer was MORE THAN YOU!!!

Which is the truth.


... After that it was "I EVEN SKIPPERED A COUPLE."

Left something out, didn't you Bubbles?

That's OK, your parents did too.




And wing is create more draft to windward or more "bite" as some say.

Good. That's an excellent and clear scientific explanation:
wing keels bite.

DDW it's a drag. Period.


And that's why Australia 2 was faster off the wind than
Liberty, resulting in her victory in the 1983 America's Cup.



.... Efforts to ease the end plate effect have
resulted in partial bulbs at the base of the wing and wider leading
edges at the base to spread water flow. Basic stuff.

Sure is. Basic gobbledygook.

Maybe those "partial bulbs at the base of the wing" have
something to do with the center of mass of the ballast? Hmm?




Doug, you're all in a snit

Am I?


.... my wife would never EVER want a trawler

So you're saying that your wife is in total control of all
your household decisions and major expenditures?

DSK