A wall of talk ... There is a beauty in spacing your sentences with a pause every now and then. Especially for us non-native English speakers. That said, you bring up some good points on various keel types. I appreciate the video. 👍
Thanks for this information, its not always clear what the pros and cons are 👍🏼 Here in Sweden we have most islands on earth 220 000 islands, it is very nice costal sailing here in the summer. You often want to moor directly to the rocky islands, so a shallow keel is a big plus here. We don’t have big tides, it’s more around uk and France Atlantic.
I specifically sought a bought that could dry out in the dutch coastal waters. We also have "keelless" flatbottom boats with wooden side swords that prevent drag. I have sailed many of them, but I find them a bit heavy to handle and not necessary sea worthy. I ended up with a bilge keel, a Westerly Nomad, it sails differently but I came to appreciate how she points and "sucks" herself (via the luff keel?) onto her track: if pointed too high she looses balance and stops, so she's a subtle sailer, but I enjoy that very much.
I prefer the bilge keel. You'll be able to clean out the bottom of the boat once the tide is out. You can always clean out your hull are painted it when needed.
a bilge keel doesn't even seem like an option for me to even get. if a bilge keel can outrun hurricanes just as well as a fin keel, then that's good enough for me. I'd sacrifice a small amount of speed if it meant the boat does less bobbing around and as a newbie if i fuck up like hit something under water... I'd rather have the bilge keel because it would probably take less damage. I'd just feel safer. but that's me... a nicer safer ride and be able to avoid hurricanes headed my way... it's everything i actually want.
I have a bilge keel it makes sense where I sail as there are a lot of sand banks and depth can go from 3 or 4 meters to half a meter in a boat length. With a bilge keel it's not running aground it's laying up while you put the kettle on and make a cup of tea. There are 3 kinds of sailors those that have run aground those that are going to run aground and liars. The secret is to make it look like you wanted to and that can only be acheived in a bilge keel and with some aplomb.
I am in a question still, for ocean crossing capabity, is it the full keel or the bilge keel, ol that matters to me, is sailing as solid as a tank, in the worse weather,,, is bilge keel up to the job?
If you want to make sure your boat is capable look for a Category 0 rated boat. Thinking about stability the keel then becomes important. Personally, I wouldn't want to take a bilge keeler way way offshore like that, maybe that's just a bias I have. It's the same reason people can be sceptical about catamarans/trimarans for ocean crossings. I would imagine the AVS would be less for a bilge keel than for a fin one.
Snagging fishing nets seems to be more common than running aground. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Its not uncommon to run aground by accidental circumstance. With a Bilge keel you have to wait for a tide hopefully otherwise you have two stuck keels. One big keel can be managed off a grounding with leveraging angles.
Ichibins makes a great point: The Moody 376 is a gorgeous ship and does have a twin keel. It has a beautiful aft cabin, two head, a sizely v-berth, a pilots berth, socialable saloon, center cockpit, and a sugar scoop. Myself, I am looking at smaller moodys due the likelyhood of myself ending up a solo sailer, but still moodys are lovely in all sizes (above 27 feet, of course).
@@grahameire3845 Love it but my Bull dogs not to shure, and my ill health prevents me from sailing, dreamt of travelling. in it, and im about to clean it up sell it on my 6 wheel trailer, hard letting go of a dream. its good enough for 2 to maybe 3 to travel in her, but thin to walk from bow to stern,watched a few videos. and surprised how it handles in open sea,think a great start up ship, don't know about long time .love how it rests on its bilge
A wall of talk ... There is a beauty in spacing your sentences with a pause every now and then. Especially for us non-native English speakers. That said, you bring up some good points on various keel types. I appreciate the video. 👍
I prefer a full or a long keel.. no keel bolts to worry about and with a skeg hung rudder.. that might survive a grounding too ;)
Thanks for this information, its not always clear what the pros and cons are 👍🏼
Here in Sweden we have most islands on earth 220 000 islands, it is very nice costal sailing here in the summer.
You often want to moor directly to the rocky islands, so a shallow keel is a big plus here. We don’t have big tides, it’s more around uk and France Atlantic.
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment
I specifically sought a bought that could dry out in the dutch coastal waters. We also have "keelless" flatbottom boats with wooden side swords that prevent drag. I have sailed many of them, but I find them a bit heavy to handle and not necessary sea worthy. I ended up with a bilge keel, a Westerly Nomad, it sails differently but I came to appreciate how she points and "sucks" herself (via the luff keel?) onto her track: if pointed too high she looses balance and stops, so she's a subtle sailer, but I enjoy that very much.
One of my all times favorites, Sirius offers as well Bilge keels
I love those sirius models
Sirius makes such beautiful yachts! The 35 DS is my dream boat 😄
Agree
I prefer the bilge keel. You'll be able to clean out the bottom of the boat once the tide is out. You can always clean out your hull are painted it when needed.
I am hopefully buying a 30ft boat soon. I have searched out a bilge keel.
Sirius Yachts is still doing their deep draught or shallow bilge keels.
Great info Chris. Thank you. Q: WTF is following that sailboat around 5:30. ???
A VW bug? BAHAHA.
Haha, was wondering when someone was going to say something
@@ChasingLatitudes your clips are hilarious. That chick crying at 1:42. Too funny. !
Hah, if you go look at the video I just posted you can see me eat pavement on my scooter too 😋 🤪
@@ChasingLatitudes you showed me a few days ago during your first showing of ‘Bubbles’. Crash. Boom bang.
@@ChasingLatitudes also. Did you ever get that PayPal email? It was only $5. But thats like $83 Canadian for me. Haha.
a bilge keel doesn't even seem like an option for me to even get. if a bilge keel can outrun hurricanes just as well as a fin keel, then that's good enough for me. I'd sacrifice a small amount of speed if it meant the boat does less bobbing around and as a newbie if i fuck up like hit something under water... I'd rather have the bilge keel because it would probably take less damage. I'd just feel safer. but that's me... a nicer safer ride and be able to avoid hurricanes headed my way... it's everything i actually want.
I'd prefer a bilge keel, they are just hard to find in the affordable range
I have a bilge keel it makes sense where I sail as there are a lot of sand banks and depth can go from 3 or 4 meters to half a meter in a boat length.
With a bilge keel it's not running aground it's laying up while you put the kettle on and make a cup of tea.
There are 3 kinds of sailors those that have run aground those that are going to run aground and liars. The secret is to make it look like you wanted to and that can only be acheived in a bilge keel and with some aplomb.
I am in a question still, for ocean crossing capabity, is it the full keel or the bilge keel, ol that matters to me, is sailing as solid as a tank, in the worse weather,,, is bilge keel up to the job?
If you want to make sure your boat is capable look for a Category 0 rated boat. Thinking about stability the keel then becomes important. Personally, I wouldn't want to take a bilge keeler way way offshore like that, maybe that's just a bias I have. It's the same reason people can be sceptical about catamarans/trimarans for ocean crossings. I would imagine the AVS would be less for a bilge keel than for a fin one.
Snagging fishing nets seems to be more common than running aground. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Its not uncommon to run aground by accidental circumstance. With a Bilge keel you have to wait for a tide hopefully otherwise you have two stuck keels. One big keel can be managed off a grounding with leveraging angles.
I've got a little over 200k NM sailed and have never snagged a fishing net
I don't suppose I can get a 40ft twin cabin, two head, bilge keel, center cockpit, and a sugar scoop? I intend to live from food on the shoreline
Look out for a moody 😉
Sounds like the perfect boat....
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Ichibins makes a great point: The Moody 376 is a gorgeous ship and does have a twin keel. It has a beautiful aft cabin, two head, a sizely v-berth, a pilots berth, socialable saloon, center cockpit, and a sugar scoop. Myself, I am looking at smaller moodys due the likelyhood of myself ending up a solo sailer, but still moodys are lovely in all sizes (above 27 feet, of course).
Yeah, but which one will get the most hot babes on your boat? That is the important question. ;)
True
like always, the longest win's
`I have 2 bielge keels a westerly and a snapdragon
Hi, would love to hear your thoughts on the Snapdragon, I’m looking at buying a Snapdragon 21.
Thank you
@@grahameire3845 Love it but my Bull dogs not to shure, and my ill health prevents me from sailing, dreamt of travelling. in it, and im about to clean it up sell it on my 6 wheel trailer, hard letting go of a dream. its good enough for 2 to maybe 3 to travel in her, but thin to walk from bow to stern,watched a few videos. and surprised how it handles in open sea,think a great start up ship, don't know about long time .love how it rests on its bilge
@@bongoslide Hi, thank you for the reply, good info there, sorry to hear about your ill health, hopefully you can fulfill other dreams.
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Good information thank you
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