[C320-list] Height of Keel?

[Paul Davis]

Hi David
Its a good idea to also measure the depth of your rudder too, as some of
the Mk1 C320s had a rudder that drew a lot more water than the keel. Thus,
depth of the rudder was the rate limiting step preventing contact with the
seafloor. On my previous C320, I had to set the depth meter to read off the
remaining water under the rudder.
cheers
paul

On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 2:35 PM David Veeneman <davidv at veeneman.com> wrote:

> I just put in a new depth sounder (actually, a Garmin Panoptix on a Garmin
> 8610 chartplotter) on my boat and the setup gives me the option of a keel
> offset, which I want to use. The User Manual (8610 Manual p. 59) says to
> "measure the [vertical]  distance from the transducer to the [bottom of
> the] keel." The words in brackets are my interpretation of the
> instructions. In my case, the transducer is mounted very close to the
> centerline of the boat, just ahead of the keel, so the height of the keel
> should give me a pretty accurate offset.
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> Sailrite has the keel itself as 4’ 3”. Does that sound right for an
> offset? Any thoughts or suggestions greatly appreciated.
>
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> David Veeneman
> Dana Point, CA
> SV Adelante, C320 #131
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