Does a sailboat need a keel? The short answer is yes, but there are many different types of keel available. Some keels are retractable for sailing through shallow water, while other boat keels are completely removable. So let's look specifically at sailboat keels in all their shapes and forms.
Coast guard requirements are important for your safety and that of other watercraft. While a large portion of the coast guard requirements are similar, the needed items do change just a bit. Needs will scale upwards based on the size of your vessel, but we will cover each of these size ranges in detail.
Wake boats and pleasure boats are very different creatures. Of course, boats share plenty in common with each other but the small degrees of difference between a wake boat and a pleasure boat are enough to establish completely different goals when it comes to a day on the water.
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