[Rhodes22-list] FYI how did I spend my Christmas

[Michael Meltzer]

same think happens with any keel, execpt for IP these days most boat are using a fin keel. they claim that they tested at hull speed
into rocks. it looks over engined.

MJM
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Alm" <salm at mn.rr.com>
To: "Rhodes" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] FYI how did I spend my Christmas


> The one thing about the Seaward 26 that kinda makes the hair on the back of
> my neck stand up is the bulb fin.  Many of you may remember the story years
> back of the single-hander crossing the Atlantic in a small boat with a bulb
> keel.  Apparently he hit something--a whale, a partially submerged shipping
> container--and the boat turtled so fast that he had no time to hit the EPRB
> or anything.  They discovered the boat upside down with the bulb broken off
> and no sign of the sailor.  With 1200 lbs. of ballast in the bulb, if you
> ran aground or hit something and it snapped off, would the S26 turtle?
>
> Slim
>
> On 12/25/03 10:49 PM, "Michael Meltzer" <mjm at michaelmeltzer.com> wrote:
>
> > take a look at the www.rhodes22.com web site, you might notice the seaward
> > 26RK their :-)
> >
> > MJM
> >
> > ps. are the spelling police out, love to know about any volitions, Eltin did
> > the spelling checking :-)
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