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Topic: SK2

Posted By: Medway Maniac
Subject: SK2
Date Posted: 31 Aug 12 at 11:58pm

So what do we know about this?:

http://www.swingkeelsailing.com/wordpress/ - http://www.swingkeelsailing.com/wordpress/

At first, my little heart leapt: a new small keelboat - maybe suitable for us light-weights on the Medway!

But no, it's still appreciably heavier than a Wayfarer, and the crew in the video look pretty lardy. Not much more suitable than a K6, then.

The final clincher for me: the unraked bulb keel. That's likely to pick up weed like nobody's business. De-weeding the 3k is vital around HW, and I've heard of a fleet of SB3's up the east coast who just drifted away when they found weed to be the main race-decider. The ff doesn't have all that keel rake for no reason....

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Replies:

Posted By: NickM
Date Posted: 01 Sep 12 at 10:09am

+1. A K6 did not last more than a season at Medway YC (though that was also due to the assy rig which is difficult to sail to handicap on the Medway and sailing away from/to the slipway with the raised keel fouling the boom.)

Posted By: Medway Maniac
Date Posted: 01 Sep 12 at 10:22am

Originally posted by NickM

due to the assy rig which is difficult to sail to handicap on the Medway

Please put in a sworn declaration and present to Wilsonian Sailing Committee! Most people assert the opposite (and I think they may well be right - ample wide open spaces).

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Posted By: NickM
Date Posted: 03 Sep 12 at 9:51pm

Depends on the course of course. If you are sailing in circles around Marks 30 - 31, a fast assy probably does fine. Medway YC tend to send thier Wayfarers down to 23 and beyond and trying to run back with them to MYC in a slower assy agaisnt the tide is no fun.

Posted By: Medway Maniac
Date Posted: 04 Sep 12 at 12:40am

In a slower asymmetric, sure, it can be a pain, but once you've got PY1000 speed or better it's no problem. Hopefully the SK2 would be faster than that (pre-weed!)

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