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Gay Arts wrote:


There is an alternative you may not have considered. There are boats with a
short heavy lead keel that have a centerboard that tucks up into the keel. No
intrusion into cabin space, much better ballast than a simple centerboard, and a
blade that can be lowered to give better pointing ability upwind. Since the
centerboard does not need to provide ballast, it does not need to be extremely
heavy, or require complicated mechanisms to raise and lower it.


Wow, more Googleing from the resident PUTZ.

RB

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"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
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My boat has to large orange duck feet underneath.


How many?

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Guy Aerts wrote:
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:43:07 -0400, katy wrote:

Guy Aerts wrote:
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 16:45:20 -0400, katy wrote:

Guy Aerts wrote:
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:30:31 -0400, katy
wrote:

wrote:
Frank Boettcher wrote:
On 13 Jun 2006 09:44:50 -0700, wrote:

Someone in the thread .....
The rest snipped


That was me. Thanks for the info. For perspective purposes, what
does your 28 S2 draw?

Frank
My S2 draws 3'10". If I dont go aground at least once when I sail, I
figure i am not going anywhere interesting. Obviously, I need shoal
draft.

No....shoal draft is a royal pain...you lose headway bigtime....
Well, 6 foot draft in 4 feet of water will cause you to lose even more
headway, Katy. Where Dave lives, that's the situation.


a centerboard keel would be better than a shoal draft...at least then
he'd have aptions...
A centerboard/keel is generally considered shoal draft. Shoal simply means
"shallow"


Our shoal draft O'Day 22 did not have a centerboard....Neal's Crapanado,
a shoal draft, does not have a centerboard...they are two separate
entities...

Oh my god! Are you really that stupid? Really?


No, but you certainly seem to be.

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Capt. Rob wrote:
Gay Arts wrote:
Oh my god! Am I really that stupid? Really?


Sadly, yes, it appears so

RB

Little puppet Bobby running to Billy's side...nothing very original
there....

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"Scotty" wrote in message
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"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
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My boat has to large orange duck feet underneath.


How many?


too

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"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
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"Scotty" wrote in message
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"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
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My boat has to large orange duck feet underneath.


How many?


too


if their too large, why knot cut them down some?

SBV

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Scotty wrote:
"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
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"Scotty" wrote in message
...
"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
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My boat has to large orange duck feet underneath.

How many?


too


if their too large, why knot cut them down some?

SBV


Then he wouldn't be able to stomp out forest fires...

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"Gay FArts" wrote in message

It's you who can't even figure out that Scotty is posting
as Capt RB. Must be
because you are distracted by his Snipped retarded
comment

WoW, what a man! Your Mom must be so proud.

It takes real guts to say stuff like that over the internet,
doesn't it?

SBV

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On 13 Jun 2006 09:44:50 -0700, wrote:

If you live/sail in the areas that were described in the original post
(or where I sail for that matter) the quest for a sailing craft that
is not depth restricted, is large enough to matter and performs
relatively well is like the quest for the holy grail. It is probably
not out there, but you keep looking anyway.

I want to gunkhole all of the areas from the St Joe Bay down to Cedar
Key. They are pristine areas, worthy of the endeavour (at least as far
as I've already been and as described by others). I'm looking for the
boat to do that. My other criteria is that it be trailerable making
up a GCVW of less that 8K. With my current probable tow vehicle that
leaves about 4.2K for the boat, trailer, and equipment.

A Precision 23 is on the inside track at this time. Swing keel with
23" of board up draft. Several others in the category are being
researched.

3'10" doesn't sound like a lot of draft to most folks, but it is still
on the verge of being restrictive for that area. My last two boats
were 4'8" and 3'10" respectively and, believe me, I never hauled out
with any paint left on the bottom of the keel.

Frank
Who has no boat, but who is thinking of correcting the matter.

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Frank Boettcher wrote:
On 13 Jun 2006 09:44:50 -0700, wrote:

If you live/sail in the areas that were described in the original post
(or where I sail for that matter) the quest for a sailing craft that
is not depth restricted, is large enough to matter and performs
relatively well is like the quest for the holy grail. It is probably
not out there, but you keep looking anyway.

I want to gunkhole all of the areas from the St Joe Bay down to Cedar
Key. They are pristine areas, worthy of the endeavour (at least as far
as I've already been and as described by others). I'm looking for the
boat to do that. My other criteria is that it be trailerable making
up a GCVW of less that 8K. With my current probable tow vehicle that
leaves about 4.2K for the boat, trailer, and equipment.

A Precision 23 is on the inside track at this time. Swing keel with
23" of board up draft. Several others in the category are being
researched.

3'10" doesn't sound like a lot of draft to most folks, but it is still
on the verge of being restrictive for that area. My last two boats
were 4'8" and 3'10" respectively and, believe me, I never hauled out
with any paint left on the bottom of the keel.

Frank
Who has no boat, but who is thinking of correcting the matter.

Frank:

I seriously considered a trailerable trimaran for the reasons you
describe. My plan right now is to build a sharpie with very shoal
draft with boards up as soon as I finish building my Tolman Skiff. The
Cormorant by Michalak seems like a good boat for this purpose.