A canting keel is a form of sailing ballast, suspended from a rigid canting strut beneath the boat, which can be swung to windward of a boat under sail...
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placed to windward to reduce heel in high winds; this type of keel is called a canting keel, and is used in the newest Volvo Ocean Race's Volvo Open 70...
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pivot (a swing keel), retract upwards (retracting keel), or swing sideways in the water (canting keels) to move the ballasting effect to one side and allow...
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Mini Transat 6.50 (section Canting Keels)
respect to dimensions, such as keel depth and mast height, and it allows for advanced technology such as "canting" keels and carbon-fibre masts. The prototype...
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of 9.6 m, and a displacement of 50 t. It was equipped with a canting keel, with a 10 t keel bulb, which is able to exert a much larger righting moment than...
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transom; dual, canted, internally mounted spade-type rudders controlled by dual wheels, hull-mounted hydrofoils and a canting fin keel with a weighted...
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Shaw 10: Flushed decked canting keel yacht. Shaw 10.6CR: A cruiser/racer with a canting keel. Shaw 11: A racer with a canting keel, developed from the Shaw...
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is deployed when the keel is tilted, and retracted (to reduce drag) when the keel is returned to the vertical. Some canting keels are designed so that...
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carbon fibres (which were not allowed for VO60s). It uses a canting keel which is capable of canting transversely up to an angle of 40 degrees. The Volvo Open...
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2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race, replaced thereafter by the sophisticated, canting keel Volvo Open 70, built to a new box rule. A total of 32 Volvo Ocean 60s...
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