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Shortening Keels
In a recent sailing magazine I saw an article on this very subject. There''s a nice photo of the boat''s owner who has just sawed the bottom off his lead keel with a circular saw.
The keel then gets 2 big chunks of lead bolted to the bottom part, the void areas are filled in and faired and the boat now has a shallower draft and possibly a bit more weight if more weight was added than was sawed off. The boat''s now a bit stiffer and the keel is now shaped like a wing giving it better upwind performance.
A very nice retrofit.
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