tim
New member
Hi,
I'm considering replacing my bilge keel salty dog with a new cruiser this year. The Beneteau Oceanis and Jeanneau range interest me because they also can dry out. Does anyone know of other makes that offer an arrangement whereby the centreboard lifts into a keel stub and has twin rudders to provide drying out stability?
As an aside, do these boats offer performance closer to fin keelers (as opposed to bilge keeler performance), and presumably they can be sailed without the centreboard down (albeit with lots of leeway) because most of the stability comes from the keel stub?
Cheers,
Tim
I'm considering replacing my bilge keel salty dog with a new cruiser this year. The Beneteau Oceanis and Jeanneau range interest me because they also can dry out. Does anyone know of other makes that offer an arrangement whereby the centreboard lifts into a keel stub and has twin rudders to provide drying out stability?
As an aside, do these boats offer performance closer to fin keelers (as opposed to bilge keeler performance), and presumably they can be sailed without the centreboard down (albeit with lots of leeway) because most of the stability comes from the keel stub?
Cheers,
Tim