First bolt-on keel?

Post by **Silkie** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:55 pm

The old disposable keel chestnut is getting another airing (several airings in fact) in the other place at the moment. I've obviously made my keel choice but have no particular axe to grind.

AFAIK the first grp boat was simply a copy of a wooden one so who first came up with the idea of bolting a keel on the outside of a grp yacht?

Obviously there have long been dagger, centre and lee-boards but which was the first grp yacht with no internal ballast and a keel bolted on?

little boy blue · Post by **little boy blue** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:45 pm

moulded cast iron keels have been around since at least 1943
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Post by **Silkie** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:37 pm

little boy blue wrote:moulded cast iron keels have been around since at least 1943
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Did you mean to post a link?

ParaHandy · Post by **ParaHandy** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:44 pm

Silkie wrote:AFAIK the first boat was a wooden one so who first came up with the idea of bolting a keel on the outside of a yacht?

Obviously there have long been dagger, centre and lee-boards but which was the first yacht with no internal ballast and a keel bolted on?

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little boy blue · Post by **little boy blue** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 12:17 am

Post by **Silkie** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 2:34 am

Silkie wrote:which was the first grp yacht with no internal ballast and a keel bolted on?

Is anyone goiing to attempt to answer the effin' question?

little boy blue · Post by **little boy blue** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 3:07 am

the link i was trying to post related to a wooden yacht designed in 1943 and built in 1946.it had a cast iron moulded keel so the idea of fitting same to a grp hull would not appear to have have been original but i`m afraid i cannot help re the first grp hull to laid up in such manner - sorry.

claymore · Post by **claymore** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 12:16 am

Is it a quiz question?

garredfox · Post by **garredfox** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 12:46 am

claymore wrote:Is it a quiz question?

Do you know the answer?

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