Wanna find the place of the keel

Discussion in 'Boat Design' started by Egemen Celik, Jul 17, 2009.

  1. Egemen Celik
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    Egemen Celik New Member

    I have been working on a design of 9 meters sailing yacht and I have a ready keel calculated for me. But I cannot find any way of calculation to fins the place of the keel.

    Need urgent help please!!!!

    Egemen Celik
     
  2. apex1

    apex1 Guest

    How did you work on a "design" without the basic knowledge?
     
  3. rwatson
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    rwatson Senior Member

    How did you get a keel designed if they didnt know where to put it!

    What kind of keel - how big etc etc etc

    Hey, mount the keel on a rail under the boat then you can adjust it to suit.
     
  4. MikeJohns
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    MikeJohns Senior Member

    Look up lead (pronounced leed) of sail COE over hull CLR in one of the yacht design books such as "Principles of yacht design" Do you have it ?

    If not and this is a student project than just put the keel so that the total hull and keel CLR is around 14% of the waterline length behind the sail COE. If its a fractional rig try 12% but best to read some contemporarary yacht design books.

    You can email or PM me if you need help.
    cheers
     

  5. Egemen Celik
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    Egemen Celik New Member

    Thanks for the help I have that book and I found the calculations that you told so I could manage to place the keel. Thanks again for the help!

    Egemen
     
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