Spindrift 22 Shoal Keel Matrix

[tomatd]

I have a question as to the materals used in the encapsulated keel of this vessel. Is steel or lead used in this encapsulated keel? Anyone have an answer. thanks
T.O.M.

[skymning]

This was sent to me by a Spindrift owner:

"Six hundred poinds of internal, glassed-in steel ballast keep the boat
upright, so her centerboard is nothing more than a 90-pound fiberglass
NACA-section foil with a slight negative bouyancy. The board can be
brought home flush with the stub keel, using less effort than it take to
lift a six-pack of beer, and it lowers so smoothily that it seems
nothing has happened. This lightweight board eliminates strenuous
winching, rope burns, mechanical stesses, and the boat-shuddering clunks
that can be the penaly for shallow draft on some boats with ballasted
boards."
(Spindrift 22 in Small Boat Journal 1984)