Swing Keel Sailboats

The fact is that it doesn t take much wear or damage to compromise the reliability of a swing keel lifting system.

Swing keel sailboats. 25 catalina 25 swing keel wakefield ri rhode island asking 3 900. The new catalina 22 sport is the perfect west coast of florida weekend cruiser or daysailor. One or two people raise the mast with these simple systems. Many other trailerable sailboats are similar.

But there is a wide range of boats from 12 to about 25 feet with either a fixed keel or a centerboard. The smaller swing keel sailboats provide a huge advantage in stepping the mast over the larger fixed keel boats due to the size of the mast. There is no perfect keel but there is a good design for what you want from it. Parts of the c 22 swing keel system.

Perhaps this model s biggest drawback is that it pre dates the trend for twin rudders and as a result the shallow rudder of lifting keel versions can loose grip at a relatively early stage. Based on the catalina 22 it has much more cockpit room and seating for 6. 27 catalina catalina 27 mantoloking normandy beach new jersey. Most swing keel lifting systems comprise four critical parts.

She was built between 1978 and 1994 by catalina yachts united states with 5866 hulls completed. Are you considering a swing keel sailboat. Show all sailboats for sale under. As only a very general rule most sailboats over 20 something feet have fixed keels.

Most sailboats under 15 feet or so have centerboards. 2016 catalina 22 sport swing keel 2016 catalina 22 sport the retractable keel swing keel draws 1 8 with the keel up and 5 with the keel down it sails with the keel up or down. The catalina 25 is a 25 7 62m cruising sailboat designed by frank butler united states. You may step swing keel masts right on the trailer with the help of a system using ropes and pulleys that attach to existing hardware on the boat.

Once a year we check the hydraulic level and every five years we replace the pennant that lifts the keel. However the feeling 326 has the board arranged to swing up mostly into the hull which further reduces draught. This boat was designed and built by jack helms or irmo s c. 1976 helms 25 swing keel 1976 fiberglass swing keel sailboat with motor on tandem trailer.

15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 70 80 feet loa multihulls. The only drawbacks are the space taken inside and the price of the system. We re currently developing a new model of swinging keel shallow draft monohull. In this video herby and maddie discuss various keel designs and point out their strengths and weaknesses.

29 j boats j 29 hixson tennessee. The winch 1 cable 4 one or more. The swing keel version adopts an appendage configuration without compromise between draft and performance.