my 2 cents...

I have read and seen models and pictures of boats/ships with "lee boards"...
and the area of the boards is less than the underwater sides of the typical
hulls....
my first sail was with my grandfather, and old salt- in an aluminum boat
(oar/sail/motor) abt 1956... and there was no keel or centerboard- but lee
boards that mounted in the oarlocks... I remember being on a close haultack,
one side running near the4 water, other side wtih bottom mostly exposed...
the lee boards were quite effective.
"Bucky" wrote in message
oups.com...
I don't know much about sailing, but I was just wondering what kind of
keels the old sailing ships had (like the Mayflower). Did they have a
distinct keel, or was it just more like an extension of the hull?

I looked at some model ship images, and it doesn't look like there's
enough of a keel to prevent the ship from slipping sideways.
http://www.handcraftedmodelships.com...model-ship.php