how long should my keel be

[bajansailor]

Matheo, were you inspired by the good ship Notorious (17.5 m. LOA), and you would now like to build a 1/3 scale version?

Notorious (ship) - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notorious_(ship)

 

[jehardiman]

I'm relatively new to boat building I've done some small projects so I will take you advice into consideration and do a bit more research on the subject thank you

So I'll draw a new plan today of it going from the keel at a 10deg angle (more or less) and smoothing out to a rounded transition. Is this how you meant it? Thank you for the advice

If you actually want to make something that looks like an Age of Discovery era vessel, I would suggest studying a copy of Basil Greenhill's excellent book "The Evolution of the Wooden Ship". The very good marine artist Sam Manning's perfect artwork along with Greenhill's text lays out how the lines and shape was drafted.

 

[hoytedow]

Vasa (ship) - Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_(ship)

You'll flip when you read this.