Keel Failure

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TopHat 25 Mk2
TopHat 25 Mk2
ACT
91 posts
ACT, 91 posts
29 Jun 2019 6:55pm
just watching a thing on keel failures, i was left thinking if your were a cruising sailor why would you risk your and crew on yacht with a piss farty keel that looks really week and rudders that not supported, thats asking to go tits up, full length keels with keel hung rudders are way way better for cruising yachts.
Toph
Toph
WA
1886 posts
WA, 1886 posts
29 Jun 2019 5:05pm



SandS
SandS
VIC
5904 posts
VIC, 5904 posts
29 Jun 2019 7:09pm
some would say , being able to sail to windward and faster is safer than a slow long keel slug .
oldboyracer
oldboyracer
NSW
292 posts
NSW, 292 posts
29 Jun 2019 7:26pm
I have a 3/4 keel slug , I don't worry about the keel falling off ,nor does my mate on his boat cause I'm so far behind him he knows I will stop and pick him up ...,as long as it's not upwind. Upside is by the time I get to the anchorage I can bludge a cooked dinner off them. . Each to there own I suppose.
stray
stray
SA
325 posts
SA, 325 posts
29 Jun 2019 9:37pm
If you're going long distance with a spade rudder just make sure you have s back up means of steering thats been tested and works.
If you have a poorly engineered bolt on keel with 40 year old bolts just stay within swimming distance of the coast.
shaggybaxter
shaggybaxter
QLD
2678 posts
QLD, 2678 posts
30 Jun 2019 3:34am
oldboyracer said..
I have a 3/4 keel slug , I don't worry about the keel falling off ,nor does my mate on his boat cause I'm so far behind him he knows I will stop and pick him up ...,as long as it's not upwind. Upside is by the time I get to the anchorage I can bludge a cooked dinner off them. . Each to there own I suppose.


rumblefish
rumblefish
TAS
824 posts
TAS, 824 posts
30 Jun 2019 7:15am
In the scheme of things, keels falling off is pretty rare!!

The amount of cruisers I know who would say "my standing rigging is 20 years old and my mast hasn't been out of the boat for 40 years and I'll replace the rigging myself with the mast in.....but at least my long keel won't fall off"
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