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A keel is the long fin that comes out of the bottom of the boat. You could make it using any missle shaped object for the botton and a long narrow pice conecting it to the boat itself
The keel provides stability AND steerage.
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on the bottom
The keel is important because it forces the boat to move forwards when the force of the wind on the sails might also be pushing the boat sideways. The keel stops the boat simply going directly downwind.
The distance between the bottom and the keel of a boat is the draught (British English).
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Ben Lexen invented the winged keel for the American Cup
In Latin, carina is a word for boat, or the keel of a boat.
how big is a keelboat