Scheel Keel - SailNet Community The Scheel keel is a patented form of a bulb keel The top of the keel is shaped to create an end plate effect reducing tip vortex and improving the hydrodynamic effiency of the shortened keel span The bottom of a sheel keel is rounded to reduce wetted surface and associated drag
Scheel keel - SailNet Community A Scheel keel is a type of fin keel with a specialized bulb, so it tracks no better (and in fact generally tracks worse), and it offers no better grounding protection than a fin keel of a similar depth It does offer marginally better pointing ability than an equal depth fin keel and it does offer better stability to an equal depth fin keel
Pacific Seacraft 37 - Scheel keel vs. standard keel As far as the 31's the only change with a Scheel keel seems to be 11 inches less draft, a shallower bilge and the resultant slightly smaller fuel tank (3 less gallons) Rudder and skeg remain unchanged and still protected by the keel I am confident that the Scheel keel for a 37 means the same as the 31 Rudder and skeg remain the same
Unfamiliar Brand - SailNet Community I don't think there ever was a Scheel builder But Henry Scheel worked at S S fore years before going out on his own He was a very talented designer with a good eye I was never crazy about the Scheel keel but it did do the job of lowering the VCG on a shoal draft keel Morgan built a series of Scheel boats called the Morgan 452
Tartan 34-2 Issue with Scheel keel, leak? | SailNet Community Recently found what appeared to be very nice Tartan 34-2, couple of small soft spots, but all else looking pretty good - until I ran my meter over the Scheel keel It appears this keel is bolted to a keel stub, and the joint line was pretty visible, along with some blistering
Scheal Keel - SailNet Community What the Scheel keel does is the same thing as wing-tip vortice surfaces which are now routinely installed on airplane wings: it makes the vortice BIGGER, (have a larger diameter) than without it, thereby reducing the overall circulation and drag
Talk to me about the Tartan 33 - SailNet Community Tartan 33 S S design - 215 built between 1979-84 Two versions 1) fractional rig, 4 5'' Scheel keel 2) masthead rig, 6 25 fin keel The shoal keel version appears to be MUCH more common than the deep keel version (possibly designated 33R?) So, talk to me about the strengths and weaknesses
Tartan 33 - SailNet Community Hello, Regarding the Tartan 33 (1979-1984), I'm considering this boat for purchase and would be interested in hearing opinions and impressions from current and or past owners In particular, sailing characteristics at different points of sail, potential speed, and problems to be aware of in a 30
New Taswell 49 Owners | SailNet Community We purchased a Taswell 49 cutter late 2014, now first year in Chesapeake She is a two stateroom, fiberglass deck, scheel keel model, 1991 Anyone wanting to know about these boats, we might be able to help Hull #21 out of a total of 65 or so made Thanks
Tartan 33R - SailNet Community Back in 2006 when I was in the market for a 33-36' racer cruiser the Tartan 33 was on my list I looked at a few but to me it seems like a very old design, very dark below, and I didn't much care for it Most that I saw came with the 'Scheel keel' which I didn't think would provide great sailing I'm sure the 33R would solve that problem