[C320-list] fin vs. wing keel

[Donald Lawson]

Gene
What Chris said is pretty much correct for Southern Cal. Deep water everywhere and besides, a wing keel acts as a brake in any following sea which we have plenty of.
Might not be an issue in  Puget Sound. 
Don #1005

On Oct 28, 2011, at 10:15 AM, Chris Burti 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
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>> Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia
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>> 
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>> Teach a man to fish and he'll deplete the
>>      oceans."
>> 
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>> 
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> -- 
> Chris Burti
> Farmville, NC