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There are only three types of sailors in the world, those who have been
aground, those who dont sail very often and those who lie

I would reduce that to two: those who have been aground and those who
lie.

Agreed. The ones who sail infrequently typically are the ones who run
aground.

Max

Or frequently sail in fairly shallow water.

In which case you get a boat with a swing keel. When you hit something,
just
crank 'er up. Been there, done that and many valuable lessons cheaply
learned.


Or a wing keel

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John Cairns

On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 18:34:08 GMT, "John Cairns"
wrote:

In which case you get a boat with a swing keel. When you hit something,
just
crank 'er up. Been there, done that and many valuable lessons cheaply
learned.


Or a wing keel

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The problem with a wing keel is that you can not free the boat up by
heeling it over which is the classic solution for getting unstuck.

Wayne.B wrote:

The problem with a wing keel is that you can not free the boat up by
heeling it over which is the classic solution for getting unstuck.


That depends on how far you heel it over ;-)

Don W.