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 "slug": "canting-keel",
 "name": "Canting keel",
 "kind": "standard",
 "category": "Boat design",
 "group": "Sailboat appendages",
 "year": null,
 "question": "How does a canting keel work?",
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  "vehicle design",
  "sailboat appendages",
  "rc design",
  "aerodynamics"
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  "canting keel",
  "cant keel",
  "swing keel ballast",
  "VO70 keel",
  "IMOCA keel",
  "canting keel rc",
  "canting keel daggerboards",
  "keel cant angle"
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   "A canting keel swings its ballast bulb to windward on a strut, giving righting moment with the boat nearly level; separate daggerboards then provide lateral resistance (Wikipedia).",
   "The VO70 cants up to 40 deg; its 6.5-ton bulb gives over 176,000 N m of righting moment with the hull level. Failures of rams and seals have caused sinkings (Wikipedia).",
   "Used on: Volvo Open 70, Wild Oats XI, Hugo Boss.",
   "The file is a reference example built by Xem Studio from the numbers above (Cant 40 deg (VO70); size from IOM fin reference.). Sizes the sources do not fix are illustrative; scale the example to your own vehicle."
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     "Banned in America's Cup class",
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  "fin-keel-bulb",
  "spade-rudder",
  "skeg-hung-rudder",
  "daggerboard",
  "centreboard",
  "wing-sail"
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