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On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 08:38:39 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

a sailboat with a ballasted daggerboard that draws
10" to 5'.

wrote:
I especially like the fact that you don't have to jump overboard and
push when you run hard aground lol!
A swing keel can be a nice Depth Alarm when halfway down.
What kind of sailboat do you have?

Rick ---- former Catalina 22 owner, among various other swing keels

It's a Santana 23 with a 250# ballasted daggerboard. There is another
850# of lead in a slab along the bottom of the hull, where it is far
less effective as ballast. If I ever get the rest of the boat projects
done, I am thinking about building a new daggerboard with about a 600#
bulb that would increase righting moment and reduce dead weight.

Mine (22ft.) is 400 lbs cast iron with a 400 lbs lead bulb. Don't make
the same mistake a friend of mine made when he made his dagger board
lighter but with a lower CG. It is the CG of the boat (+keel) that
matters for righting not the moment of the keel about the waterline!

Where we sail, there are lots of shoals & sandbars and being able to
just haul on the lifting tackle to get off is a great convenience.

Good for parking.. just go somewhere shallow and drop the keel on the
bottom.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King