[C38] Deep keel - 6'9"

[Steve.Ribble at gmail.com]

Hi Marci.

In Maine we've got about 30 sq ft of soft bottom and the rest is hard,  
irregular and [to a great extent] unmarked by aids...so a chart is usually  
close at hand...and of course it's further complicated with 16'+/- tide  
swings. That said, there's only so many places to sail for day and weekend  
trips and you quickly learn where to go and where not to go (the other  
sailing I do is offshore racing throughout the Gulf of Maine, so plenty of  
water there, but also many different ports). For my two cents about the  
keel, I wouldn't go any other way than the deep draft. I prefer the  
performance and maneuverability of the fin over the shoal version (haven't  
sailed a C-38 shoal, but have done others).

You can also set depth alarms (at whatever depth you want) on your sounder  
and/or GPS as a back-up warning system so you don't need to use the chart  
quite so much.

Steve

Steve Ribble
Tittravate #64
Boothbay Hbr, ME
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