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Yep: fashion is perhaps the largest factor in yacht design. 
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- What ever happened to wing keels...
- The fad seems to be fading
- If we ever invent a short stubby keel that performs like deep draft, we'll all have them.
- The main advantage in a production boat seems to be more volume to put the lead..
- They would have been better off putting a bulb
- Yep: fashion is perhaps the largest factor in yacht design.
- Yep: fashion is perhaps the largest factor in yacht design.
- They would have been better off putting a bulb
- If we ever invent a short stubby keel that performs like deep draft, we'll all have them.
- draft is certainly an issue for us
- I like'em for shallower draft boats. But wasn't end plate effect a part of those?
- The fad seems to be fading