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To: Travis McGee

Fin keels aren’t built for big waves. Wouldn’t be my choice for a circumnavigation...but would be my choice for day sailing in calm waters.


129 posted on 06/10/2010 7:21:48 PM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Southack

You are not up with the times.

In gun terms, you are saying that the 1911 is the finest pistol ever designed, and has never been surpassed, and can’t be, and Glocks and Xds etc are just a passing fancy.

Or that the 1966 Corvette is the supreme sports car ever made. Sorry, but it’s not so.

Fin keels with well designed skegs and rudders for balance on all points of sail are superior in the open ocean. Long shallow draft keels are great for crab and coral crushers in thin water.


131 posted on 06/10/2010 7:25:42 PM PDT by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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