[C320-list] fin vs. wing keel

[Diane Fowler]

Any FL or Bahamas cruising will appreciate the wing keel of 4'4". Check website for model #s: as many owners & yacht brokers are adv 1996-2001 with 4'4" and they ate WRONG! Those wings draw 4'10". HUGE difference in FL!! We just bought a 2003 & had her trucked to FL to get shallow draft.  Duane & Ray ,proud owners of #948

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On Oct 28, 2011, at 1:15 PM, Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>> --
>> Gene Helfman, Professor Emeritus
>> Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia
>> PERMANENT address:
>>    498 Shoreland Dr., Lopez Is., WA 98261
>>    (360) 468-2136
>>    genehelfman at gmail.com
>> 
>> "Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day,
>> Teach a man to fish and he'll deplete the
>>      oceans."
>> 
>> The Book of Bob, Ironies 24:7
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Chris Burti
> Farmville, NC