[C320-list] fin vs. wing keel

[Chris Burti]

The simplest rule of thumb is for East Coast cruising...get a wing
keel...West Coast, a fin is fine.

There is simply too much thin water South of Norfolk not to take
advantage of the extra foot of clearance..

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Gene Helfman <genehelfman at gmail.com> wrote:
>  Dear all: In our ongoing search for a 320 (ca. 2000 +/-), we've run into a
> mixture of opinions on the qualities of the shallow vs. deep draft boats.
>  We have a harbor and hoist situation in our home port that makes 6 ft draft
> problematic but not impossible.  Would anyone like to chime in on the costs
> and benefits of the wing keel boats (of which fewer were produced and are
> harder to find) vs. the deeper-draft fin keel boats?  We intend to cruise
> not race so faster turning isn't much of an issue.
>
>  thanks,
> gene
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Chris Burti
Farmville, NC