Lifting Keel

[captainKJ]

take a look at this site,,, sailboat SEAL was built by Kanter Yachts

Expedition Sail

only 1 helm station but could be rigged for 2,,, I like the lifting keel in a boat that big

[Curmudgeon]

Originally Posted by Doodles

The term Swing Keel is just a trademark name for Southerly own unique type of lifting keel. It swings up just like the Ovni, Garcia and Dujardin boats, as opposed to a daggerboard that drops straight down. All are considered "centerboards", it's just a matter of how the board goes up and down.

No, the Southerly swing keel weighs several thousand pounds, and is fitted inside a cast iron grounding plate. It requires a hydraulic piston to raise and lower. It is definitely NOT a centerboard.

Somewhere on the web there is a diagram of the Southerly keel mechanism, but I can't find it.

As for inside steering, on the new Southerly's you would use the remote control on the autopilot to steer from the nav station inside the raised salon. I don't trust autopilots in heavy weather, so in that situation you might have to go outside to steer.

[Doodles]

Originally Posted by Curmudgeon

No, the Southerly swing keel weighs several thousand pounds, and is fitted inside a cast iron grounding plate. It requires a hydraulic piston to raise and lower. It is definitely NOT a centerboard.

Yes, I agree except that it is a special type of centerboard, one with a lot more ballast in the board as compared to something like an Ovni (which also uses a hydraulic piston ... I know because the guy in the slip next to me once had an Ovni and it got stuck). Most consider a swing keel just one of several types of centerboards. Here is a quote from Bob Perry's review in "Sailing" of the Southerly 42RS. The "bold" is of course mine.

Shoal draft is what the Southerly series is all about and they achieve it with a swing keel, centerboard style. The swing mechanism is all captured within a cast ballast “pan” that fits in flush with the hull but the rest of the ballast is in the keel fin itself.

There is also a nice explanation in The Modern Cruising Sailboat: A Complete Guide to Design and Construction on "centerboards and lifting keels". It specifically mentions Southerly and the French aluminum boats (page 58).

The Modern Cruising Sailboat: A ... - Google Books

[Doodles]

Here is another possibility, depending on your budget:

Atlantic Yachts

[capjack1974]

Dear Doodles, have you an idea of the pricing of atlantic??? I know the boats but I did not found anything about prices...

thanks

[Doodles]

Originally Posted by capjack1974

Dear Doodles, have you an idea of the pricing of atlantic??? I know the boats but I did not found anything about prices...

thanks

Looks like they are all one-offs .......$$$. Sorry, I don't know. You could probably email then and get a general idea.