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Mike

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Keel lift

In books about sailing, I have read that the keel, going through water,
produces lift in a similar way to a sail. Given that water is a
non-compressible medium, I wonder how this can be so. Has it ever been
documented?

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Michael Hobbs
Minneapolis, Minnesota

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