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The simple fact is that a cantilever ( a keel is a cantilever) is
inherently WEAK .... needing FOUR TIMES the strength to be equal of any other 'simple beam in flexure' structure. Add a safety factor of 4 for offshore or 'hard usage' and you wind up with a minimum of needing 16 times the strength ... then add fatigue/endurance, etc. etc. etc. and you wind up with a very complicated structural element. A cantilever with smooth transitions at the 'root' of the cantilever is MUCH stronger simply by 'good structural design practice'. |
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