If you all want REAL speed, you need a bottom like this... (see attached
pic). My theory is the big ridges and bare spots act like dimples on a golf
ball and generate lots of dynamic lift. The other thing that is essential
is to sand the keel and rudder in the parking lot before the race to get all
the runs out of the paint you applied the night before without remembering
the thinner... Dumb college kids... :)
Cheers,
Logan
Return of the Vegetables
P.S. Seriously though; after spending many hours on my keel, the one thing
I can advise is don't grind it away and start fresh. You're much better off
sanding what you have a getting a reasonably smooth shape. The cast is not
anywhere close to the shape of a decent keel.
-----Original Message-----
From: tuna-bounces at myfleet.org [mailto:tuna-bounces at myfleet.org] On Behalf
Of Craig McDow
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 11:14 AM
To: 'Santana 22 fleet mailing list.'
Subject: Re: [Santana 22] keel templates
All Tunas
Keel thing started when I asked Pat (Elaine) if he had templates for keel,
he had none and Sally Taylor said she made her own....I imagine that if
someone (or some organizational body) was a measurement fanatic..I'd suppose
that some of the Tuna's would be 'out of kilter' so to speak. Please note
that I'm not encouraging any measurements. God forbid...another regulatory
agency to pay money to and be punished by.
Fairing my keel as we speak.
I also vote that the most important thing is skill, then bottom, then new
sails then rigging in that order. But I don't know for certain as I'm still
learning (a lot).
Sailingly yours,
Craig McDow (Sweet Reward)
-----Original Message-----
From: tuna-bounces at myfleet.org [mailto:tuna-bounces at myfleet.org] On Behalf
Of Steve Hyland
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 8:57 AM
To: tuna at myfleet.org
Subject: Re: [Santana 22] keel templates
Not having my Tuna anymore it's been interesting sitting on the fence
watching the E-mails fly. I'm not exactly sure how this keel template thing
got started but just to chime in, Sea Whippets keel was also not symmetric
and it would have taken a ton of work to make it so. I always thought it
was just my boat. Guess not.
I almost wonder if there were a batch of boats where the keel mold was a
little funky since this seems to be an issue?? Sea Whippet was 337 (I
believe??) are the other boats with wacky keels somewhere around the same
hull #'S??
I really enjoyed my brief time sailing and what little racing I did on my
Tuna. It seemed that talent, experience, and a little luck was what it
took to do well, not the fairest keel, the newest sails, or the most hi
tech of rigging. What with almost 40 year old boats, and a couple of brand
new ones thrown in there is always going to be a little inequity in the
boats.
Have fun and don't knock yourselves out. Everybody loves Tunas.
SteveH
>>>jskinner at ebmud.com 01/30/07 08:15AM >>>
Stephen, that was my experience when I did my keel, back 100 years ago.
I made templates from one side of the keel and tried to match them on
the other side. Never got them to be the same. One side was an arc,
the other was more parabolic. I would have had to grind down the arc to
get them to match. I ended up just doing the best I could. I still do
love those boats.
________________________________
From: tuna-bounces at myfleet.org [mailto:tuna-bounces at myfleet.org] On
Behalf Of Stephen Buckingham
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 8:43 PM
To: Santana 22 fleet mailing list.
Subject: Re: [Santana 22] keel templates
I borrowed some templates from Jeff the previous owner of TGTITW way
back when. My keel was a very different shape and completely
asymmetrical. I spent days building up one side to make it match the
other which it certainly did not when I was done. Closer though.
My rudder sticks out to one side too. (I'm not saying which side for
tactical reasons:)
Love these boats.
Stephen
Tchoup
On Jan 29, 2007, at 12:07 PM, SBates1906 at aol.com wrote:
How much difference does it make?
Shirley
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