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Because the dynamic pressures on a sailboat are such that it can't stay upright if the keel's not there, if it has a counterbalance.
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Texture of upright pine with a keel's curved rondure uniting.
Poems and Fragments 2006
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Texture of upright pine with a keel's curved rondure uniting.
Poems and Fragments 2006
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En arceaux parfumés penchés sur In perfumed arches o'er his son chemin, keel's swift swell,
Canada J. G. Bourinot
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Texture of upright pine with a keel's curved rondure uniting.
The Poems and Fragments of Catullus Gaius Valerius Catullus
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Thither they, as having knowledge of that place, let drive their ship; and now the vessel in full course ran ashore, half her keel's length high; so well was she sped by the hands of the oarsmen.
The Odyssey 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1878
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The total weight of the structure is lessened by about 5\% - a heavy advantage because the weight saved is used in the keel's roughly 4. 5-meter long lever arm which will improve performance significantly.
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It's only a little, but that's a sign that her keel's in the mud. "
Lost in the Fog James De Mille
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"Hard as you tells me, sir; but it's no good -- her deep keel's right down in this here fine shingle.
The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap George Manville Fenn 1870
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Them things is all settled according to reason when a chap's keel's laid. "
The Two Admirals James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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