Sailboat keel

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1976-03-04

1978-05-16

Blix, Trygve M.

Ships

Keels

114 39, B63B 338

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040892867

ABSTRACT:
A sailboat keel, especially for shoal draft sailboats, which reduces turbulence and generated vortices and increases laminar flow along the hull and keel, which comprises a upper portion attachable to the canoe hull and a body portion extending downwardly from the upper portion, the body portion flaring outwardly so as to have a maximum width at its plane of intersection with the keel bottom which is preferably smoothly curved.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3080845 (1963-03-01), Pollak
patent: 3747550 (1973-07-01), Stoeberl
Certificate of Award of Number to an Undocumented Vessel, No. 10W2305, U.S. Coast Guard, 8/20/57.

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