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Boomeroo
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Initially Posted - 05/29/2012 : 19:28:22

Just reading March Cruising World Mag and saw this in the Photo contest on pg 14
http://www.cruisingworld.com/user_photos/2011/12/on-the-hard
If above doesnt work it is online at Cruising World web under Photos On the Hard
Searched C25 site for Solitude . No luck . I Presume it is a wing Keel . Maybe a prop on otherside or Photo altered
Looking Good to me in Start of winter down here
http://www.cruisingworld.com/user_photos/2011/12/on-the-hard

Graeme Bishop boomeroo Australia
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 05/29/2012 : 19:50:43

Wow, that's quite the photo! I think he's got the right attitude though, not much you can do till the tide comes back in.

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Stinkpotter
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 05/29/2012 : 19:52:41

I think that's an O'Day.

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GaryB
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Response Posted - 05/29/2012 : 20:10:53

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Stinkpotter
 I think that's an O'Day.
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That's what I was thinking. They normally have a colored band just below the deck/hull joint like the one above. In addition the forward port looks like the ones O'Day uses.

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Boomeroo
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Response Posted - 05/30/2012 : 05:24:02

Ahhhhh! O'day 25 ? We don't have those in Australia so looked it up and I agree . No skeg to the rudder, a bit fuller hull etc ,and looks like it can sit on its swing keel case . Not sure why it doesn't fall over ??

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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 05/30/2012 : 06:30:56

Well, I wouldn't climb that swim-ladder!

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 05/30/2012 : 08:46:17

If the seabed were soft, it's possible that his keel sunk into the bottom enough to keep the boat upright. Although hard to tell, in the picture below, my boat is no longer floating (rudder waterline is about a foot and a half above the water) as the fin is stuck deep in the muck. The docklines could have been untied and the boat would have remained securely upright.

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Response Posted - 05/30/2012 : 10:37:43

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by dlucier
 If the seabed were soft, it's possible that his keel sunk into the bottom enough to keep the boat upright. Although hard to tell, in the picture below, my boat is no longer floating (rudder waterline is about a foot and a half above the water) as the fin is stuck deep in the muck. The docklines could have been untied and the boat would have remained securely upright.

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So maybe this is how Doivaw's keel got a "little" play in it!

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Response Posted - 05/30/2012 : 14:05:23

I believe that O'Day 25's came in either a fin keel or a short, but long and fairly fat, shoal draft keel with a retractable centerboard. The boat in the pic above appears to have the shoal draft keel. Looks like a good time to carefully clean the bottom!

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redviking
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Response Posted - 05/30/2012 : 16:52:45

I'm going with twin keel euro boat for $500 Alex. A twin keel can do this and tides are a big dealeo over there especially for the Brits...

sten

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 05/30/2012 : 16:59:23

I think this photo is from the west coast of FL. If you click on Graeme's original link, the caption says "Cedar Key, got water?".

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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 05/30/2012 : 19:34:14

Speaking of twin keels, here's a twin keel Jaguar 25 (C25) at low tide in Lynmouth, England:

BTW, when we were there, high tide almost covered the highest pair of steps on the wall between the harbor and the river coming down the hill!
And a Jaguar 22 (C22) with low tide supports to protect the swing keel:

Who needs jack stands, not me! I liked the dodger on this one.

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Response Posted - 05/31/2012 : 07:10:43

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"> I think this photo is from the west coast of FL. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

I agree.

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awetmore
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Response Posted - 05/31/2012 : 10:29:14

I love the photos of twin keel boats standing in the mud. My parents had an English Hurley 22 in the early 70s (before I was old enough to remember anything...I was born in 1974) and it had a twin keel. It was only as I got into kayaking and sailing that I began to understand why twin keels existed and were popular in the UK. Originally I thought it was just to have lower draft, not to also act as a stand in areas with high tidal exchanges.

I also enjoyed reading the "Cruising with Serrafyn" books and reading about Lin and Larry propping up their single keel boat against steep walls to clean off the bottom.

Hurley 22:

It looks like a nice little boat and appears to have a reputation as a sturdy little pocket cruiser. I wouldn't mind trying one out someday. The appearance reminds me of a Tanzer 22, only with slightly more classic lines.

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GaryB
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Response Posted - 05/31/2012 : 17:22:19

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by dmpilc
 I believe that O'Day 25's came in either a fin keel or a short, but long and fairly fat, shoal draft keel with a retractable centerboard. The boat in the pic above appears to have the shoal draft keel. Looks like a good time to carefully clean the bottom!
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The O'Day's do in fact have a model with a shoal keel and centerboard. I looked at buying one once. I agree the boat above does have the shoal keel.

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