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Keels don't bother me either
Posted by: Glenn_MacGrady on Oct-25-12 11:44 PM (EST)

I have a full 1" lake keel on my 17' wooden Old Town OTCA. It's very easy to turn with a modest heel, which raises the keel out of the water.

The keel probably inhibits sideslips more than turning, but I think it's an advantage for straight ahead lake paddling, which is what you do 99% of the time on lakes.

If you really hate a T keel on an aluminum canoe, I suppose you could just grind it off with some sort of power tool.

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New to Canoeing - Advice on Aluminum? - Frank81 - Oct-22-12 1:26 PM
- I think it'll be okay for you. - guideboatguy - Oct-22-12 1:42 PM
  - Friends.......... - thebob.com - Oct-22-12 2:44 PM
    - Might take you up on that - Frank81 - Oct-22-12 3:42 PM
- x2 - mcimes - Oct-22-12 3:27 PM
- Aluminum - mr_canoehead - Oct-22-12 4:11 PM
- Aluminum is OK - kayamedic - Oct-22-12 4:49 PM
- A used aluminum would be fine - Glenn_MacGrady - Oct-22-12 4:58 PM
- Links - Frank81 - Oct-22-12 5:16 PM
  - Two of the first three are damaged - kayamedic - Oct-22-12 7:34 PM
- A good aluminum canoe is great. - roanguy - Oct-22-12 6:17 PM
- The Osag is a winner! - mickjetblue - Oct-22-12 7:40 PM
  - Number 2 - plaidpaddler - Oct-22-12 9:15 PM
- Lots of drawbacks... - Al_A - Oct-22-12 10:36 PM
  - My experience - rblturtle - Oct-23-12 7:33 AM
  - A few guys - Lanky189 - Oct-24-12 1:23 PM
- Al canoes - ppine - Oct-24-12 1:15 PM
- Al canoes - ppine - Oct-24-12 1:17 PM
- Al canoes - ppine - Oct-24-12 1:17 PM
- Al canoes - ppine - Oct-24-12 1:18 PM
- Al canoes - ppine - Oct-24-12 1:19 PM
- Al canoes - ppine - Oct-24-12 1:19 PM
- Al canoes - ppine - Oct-24-12 1:38 PM
- Al canoes - ppine - Oct-24-12 1:38 PM
- Al canoes - ppine - Oct-24-12 1:38 PM
- Al canoes - ppine - Oct-24-12 1:38 PM
- Al canoes - ppine - Oct-24-12 1:48 PM
- I probably wouldn't get aluminum - pblanc - Oct-25-12 8:28 AM
- ok - paddletothesea - Oct-25-12 11:13 AM
- Aluminum weight varies greatly. - Yanoer - Oct-25-12 11:29 AM
  - Ya but---- - rblturtle - Oct-25-12 3:38 PM
    - Fire inside the boat? - guideboatguy - Oct-25-12 5:05 PM
      - Yeah, campfires in cold weather - Glenn_MacGrady - Oct-25-12 11:40 PM
        
        Okay, that would work - guideboatguy - Oct-26-12 8:27 AM
  - Advantages - kayamedic - Oct-25-12 7:10 PM
- Thoughts on keels... - Al_A - Oct-25-12 10:28 PM
  - Keels don't bother me either - Glenn_MacGrady - Oct-25-12 11:44 PM
    - Fire - rblturtle - Oct-26-12 6:53 AM
    - T keels - pblanc - Oct-26-12 7:46 AM
      - Aluminum - thebob.com - Oct-26-12 11:00 AM
- There's so many Grummins around... - suntan - Oct-26-12 10:47 AM
  - Keep it forever - remintn - Oct-31-12 2:39 PM
- iN aRIZONA - rikjohnson - Nov-01-12 2:56 PM