Gilligan wrote:
Does a 1986 Seaward have the fully retractable vertical keel?


No, AFAIK they have only built two lifting keel models, the
26 (which is a 25 with a fancier stern and lifting bulb
keel) and the 32.


I thought most of the larger models of that year had fixed keels.


Up thru some time in the middle 1980's they used
keel-centerboards, then decided nobody liked or used the
centerboard.


What 1986 model are you speaking of and how does that relate to a recent
magazine review? Did the magazine review the 1986 model?


Are you hoping to get some sense out of Bubbles?

DSK