[Rhodes22-list] Swing Keel Problem

[Rick Lange]

Jeff,

Default to design.

Regards,

Rick Lange


On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 7:18 PM Jeff Smith Photo <jeffsmithphoto at gmail.com>
wrote:

> A while after I bought (now) Radiant and hauled her with a travel lift, to
> put her on jackstands to give her a new bottom, I noticed the way the
> diamond keel haul line was knotted in the cockpit allowed about an extra
> foot of draft. But it also introduced a hollow section of diamond board
> below the keel. As a Recovering Racer I tried to figger which would be
> faster up wind: more depth or less hollow turbulence with the board on it's
> lines? I opted (which is easily changed) for the board in the "correct"
> position.  Any thoughts?
>
> Best Regards
> Jeff Smith
> www.http://JeffSmithPhoto.Net
> 732-236-1368
> Radiant
> Atlantic Highlands, NJ
>