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From: dc Mulder (no email)
Date: Fri Jul 16 2004 - 05:58:43 EDT
Barry,
Not in the US but in Europe. Alubat France builds the
Ovni range. Ballasted centerboards from 34 to 54 feet.
Jimmy Cornell has one of the older (less ballasted)
43. I've never heard of sailing problems like yours.
--- Barry Brazier <> wrote:
>
> The drop keel on my Irwins is just a centreboards
> ie. It has no ballast
> . It helps in windward pointing ability but only in
> light winds. It adds
> nothing to stability .
> I have a lot of trouble going to windward in mine in
> more than 40Kt.
> especially if there is a large sea. There is not
> enough horsepower. I have
> to reef down to sails which are too small to push
> through the big seas.
> There however are real "drop keel" boats which have
> ballast in the drop
> keel.They are better but you must rely on a good
> mechanism to lift the keel
> back up. Usually they use an hydraulic device. In
> Australia we have boats
> like this
> designed by Joe Adams.I have a friend that did the
> Melbourne to Osaka two
> handed race in an Adams
> 40' with a drop keel. He then successfully completed
> a cruise around the
> north and South Pacific with his wife. > >
> I dose any one know of any boats like this with
> ballasted drop keels
> available in USA.
>
> Regards
>
> Barry
>
>
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Met vriendelijke groet,
Diederik Mulder
T 00 31 78 6186957
M 00 31 20 6606600 nakies 5872
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