Keelboat
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A keelboat is a small- to mid-sized recreational sailing yacht. Modern keelboats often have fixed fin keels, and considerable draft, but shoal draft or lifting keel designs exist also.
Keelboats have ballast to help keep the boat upright.[1]
A keelboat has a cabin with accommodation for crew to sleep or cook.[1] Though there can be some overlap, they are generally larger than dinghies, which are not ballasted and don't have cabins.
A keelboat is technically any sailboat with a keel and ballast —as opposed to a dinghy.[2]
World Sailing (formerly the ISAF, formerly the IYRU) usage differentiates keelboats (including the 12-meter class) from generally larger yachts, despite overlap in the sizes of boats in the two classes. The 2025 Offshore Double Handed World Championship will use the Sun Fast 30 One Design.
The Olympic Games used keelboat to describe keeled boats such as the Soling[3] which carries three crew, compared to larger boats such as the 12-metre class.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Découverte". Voile Québec. Retrieved 2025-12-10.
- ^ Zeke (2022-12-12). "What is a keelboat?". American Sailing. Retrieved 2025-12-10.
- ^ "Montreal 1976 Sailing fleetmatch race keelboat open Soling mixed Results".
External links
[edit]- Classic Boat guide to X One Design Keelboat
- Solent XOD Forum on CrewInCowes.co.uk website Archived 2012-04-20 at the Wayback Machine
