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Metalmast Marine made significant changes to the design, including changes to the stern, coachroof, rudder, centerboard, and keel. [2] The keel and rudder were separated, in contrast to the full keel featured on the Mark I and Mark III. Metalmast built 14 hulls of the Mark II design. [5]
The boat has a draft of 3.00 ft (0.91 m) with the standard long keel and is normally fitted with a small 3 to 5 hp (2 to 4 kW) outboard motor for docking and maneuvering. [1] [5] The design has sleeping accommodation for two people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin. The head is located in the bow cabin under the bow "V"-berth. Cabin ...
The Corvette has a retractable keel incorporated into its full keel. With the swing keel all the way up, the Corvette only draws 3'3" (1m), making it an excellent boat for shallow water areas. It has a very livable interior, but it is a little small when compared to later designs...
Carl Alberg designed many of the company's models, favoring simple lines, narrow beams, and often utilizing a full keel for superior handling in heavier winds and seas. Together they gave these boats the classic Cape Dory look. [1] Alberg utilized the aforementioned full keel with attached rudder for a sleek and sturdy shape.
There is a full season of Contessa 32 'one design' racing, including Inshore Series, National Championships, Cowes Week, Offshore and Round The Island races. Contessa 32s perform very well under the IRC handicap system , and provide a real challenge to modern racing yachts, often being placed highly in races such as the Round the Island Race ...
The word "keel" comes from Old English cēol, Old Norse kjóll, = "ship" or "keel".It has the distinction of being regarded by some scholars as the first word in the English language recorded in writing, having been recorded by Gildas in his 6th century Latin work De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae, under the spelling cyulae (he was referring to the three ships that the Saxons first arrived in).
A monohull's keel is made effective by a combination of weight, depth, and length. Sailing yacht with a fin keel. Most modern monohull boats have fin keels, which are heavy and deep, but short in relation to the hull length. More traditional yachts carried a full keel which is generally half or more of the length of the boat.
The full keel boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 168 with a high of 174 and low of 162. The shoal keel version has a PHRF racing average handicap of 171 with a high of 180 and low of 162. Both models have hull speeds of 6.87 kn (12.72 km/h). [1] [2] [3] [5]