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[Prowler]

Beneteau introduces their first organic swing keel option.

[Winever]

"...Actually the boats quite fast, the bottom was recently redone with the new camouflage vomit comet stealth paint."

Winever.

[hyundai finn]

GRO-DOO! IT'S WHATS FOR DINNER!

[-k-]

shitbox after 1000 days

[the what]

.... great finishes start at the waterline....

[2Newts]

In their ongoing spat about credit for the Australia II keel, Peter van Oossanen has released this image of the keel he says Ben Lexcen originally designed.

[Robbie S]

You will benefit from a little extra weight below the waterline..

[webbwash]

my naval architect said it is the latest go-fast

[ncyc1]

It appears that an AC syndicate will stop at nothing to disguise the keel/bulb design.

[seadreams36]

the lunch sushi line up at the korean buffet. all you can eat we know where there is a lot more for dinner

[hiatus]

I can always haul out tomorrow...tomorrow...tomorrow...

[AYACHT]

Bertarelli ruines another class.

[420sailing]

This adds new meaning to the term "Beneslow"

[surfsup]

Bootstrap Bill Can you hear me? I think you got stuck to my keel. can you climb back in to your Disney Movie please!

[GnD]

Local All You Can Eat Sushi Bar!

Sushiwhore.com

Local All You Can Eat Sushi Bar!

Sushiwhore.com

[robmur]

"sailing the farm"

[Ken Blankenship]

Did the skipper say "REEF"?

[Slowboat]

orange speed paint is so last year - it's all about organics these days.

[Speed Merchant]

Dinner Anyone?

Dinner Anyone?

Dinner Anyone?

[Jeepsail]

Beneteau has embraced the Green Economy with their lastest release: The 100% Certified Organic keel (currently available only on the Beneteau 235)

[RCardoze]

So you're saying a hull cleaning might help my speed?

So this is why they call them Beneslows.

[Duddits]

This one is a beauty! A Beneteau 235 that clearly has missed a few bottom cleanings..Would the anarchist who sent this in please get back to us - we lost your info! Let's make this a Caption Contest - we have some cool shirts from our friends at Ocean Trek Adventures for the best five. Have fun!

For Sale: Beneteau 235 (Green) - Very Stable w/custom organic keel - practically impossible to knock down.

[voador]

I wanted a wing keel so I just grew one.

[thefuture]

Can not take credit for this one.

"Man, I just dont know. My speed is down a bit and I'm just not getting quite as much lift as before. Yesterday, I broke 3knts....but I was being towed by twin 190s."

[2high2tight]

I thought you said; "the anenome of speed"

[Dixie]

Procrastination: Not just for the office anymore.


(I cannot view the front page again until this photo is down - it's mortifying)

[Asymptote]

Greenpeace flagship prepping for whaling season.

[Asymptote]

Dammit, hide the scraper, Jim Bob. Here come those nekid gals from PETA!

[Dan Knox]

This one is a beauty! A Beneteau 235 that clearly has missed a few bottom cleanings..Would the anarchist who sent this in please get back to us - we lost your info! Let's make this a Caption Contest - we have some cool shirts from our friends at Ocean Trek Adventures for the best five. Have fun!

Perfect disguise for that illegally faired keel!

[sumpin]

looks like a 105...getting ready for the NA's...I want to c it when I get there.
What's the boat name

[multisail]

"Okay chaps, lets get this off before those guys fom Nature Conservation stop us."

[Windward]

Hmmm... the ratio for epoxy/hardener is what again?

Screw it... just mix it.

[Lifted Tack]

Call Alan Block. This looks like a job for Mr. Clean!

[phredk]

I know its a little slower, but I'll make up the time with carbon credits...

[storm petrel]

I CAN HAZ BOTTOMPAINT?

[Buddha]

"... and this is what happens when you go sticking your keel into loose harbors."

[barleymalt]

The Beneteau 36.7 class unveil the first keel certified by the new top secret templates.

[mtn50]

$2- for Scrubbies

$3- A foot for a Bottom cleaning

$10- 1 Putty Knife

Damaging the local ecosystem- priceless

[Buddha]

Inflammation of the bulkhead reminds me of your smile.
I've had ball-bearing shancroids for quite a little while.
I gave my keel to NSU that lovely night in June.
I ache for you my harbor, and I hope you get well soon.

[chorus]
My shaft warts, your seaweed,
My zebra muscle spores,
Your coral infestation, how I miss you more and more.
Your fouling itch,
My scum-line,
Our lovely nematodes.
At least we both were lying when we said the water was clear.

[Super Delegate]

I told the diver it only burns when i open the seacocks, he told me to put some cream on it and wait 3 weeks.

[mtn50]

"It's a dirty job, but some one has to do it"

This looks like a job for Mike Rowe.

[johndee]

thought it was a clean snap....... no need to wipe....

[DancingBear]

A keel that requires visual interpretation to measure.

[misconseption2348]

This is the money you could be saving by not cleaning your bottom

Trust me, everybody is doing it

Theres an app for that

[Rusty]

Seriously - what IS the slimy shit??? Sorry for the ignorance - fresh water guy.

[wavelength24]

Helm: What the fuck, I can't point worth shit!

Crew: I told you we had a little kelp on the keel!

[mainman]

The future of all sail boats in Long Island Sound now that the DEP hippies are prohibiting in-water bottom cleaning... (this is true)!

[P_Wop]

"Hey, hands off! Don't touch! That thing's worth more than the boat it's attached to. It's a real genuine prop from Waterworld."

[oXo]

Falsely informed, he cultivated a 'class legal' an organic mollusc jet propulsion system and bull testicles fuel cells over several seasons - inexplicably he failed to move from the back of the fleet.

[Will Ska]

After being kicked out of the Beneteau OD fleet for having a modified keel, the regatta began with one boat on the line.

[F-18 5150]

If you think thats bad you should see the keel growth.

[F-18 5150]

That bottom's worse than Oprah in a Thong.

[Clapham]

Keel reveal day was fast approaching and Bertarelli was running out of ideas on how to conceal his illegal modifications.

[mast-er mind]

well there's your problem

[P_Wop]

That bottom's worse than Oprah in a Thong.

Thanks, chum. That mental image has just fucked up my entire day.

[the loose cannon]

Petit anti-fouling test number 3675 - uh, not so much.... NEXT

[GHarbor2]

My boat sails faster on port tack. I'm thinking it is the rig tune. Any advice would be appreciated.

[capt nemo]

i wish my ???? was that dirty!

[Akela]

Paul Cayard was heard to say.......'OK...so we are Pirates of the Caribbean in the VOR, but we HAVE to clean the Keel!!'

[Prouda my Pickle Dish]

Arrrrggggh! Thar be no problem with that Keel!


And me mates agree.

[Sol Rosenberg]

New, from Uranus and Co., Naval Architects, the combination septic tank/keel*



*Not available in CA, the Great Lakes, or anyplace other than New Jersey.

[aerodawg]

when the diver offered me the "half off service". All this time I thought it was because she liked me I didn't realize that meant she was only cleaning half Off.

[oudatsea]

Natural ballast is that legal?

[Johndeeredriver]

Beneteau's 36.7 Class Assosciation Keel Hauler to keep the peace in the WLIS fleet.

[richr]

man I was pissed up last night, had to spew over the gunnel. I hope that wont effect the under side of the boat.

[Boats13]

I don't know what that grey slimey stuff is, But tell the kids to get their mouths off of it.

13

[mycsailor.com]

Who threw up on your keel?!?!?!?

[GABA]

We just need 25kts of wind to sail to our rating...
then nobody in the fleet can touch us

[halfcolours]

Danger: Sea life now taking Borg like attitude to sailing yachts... resistance is futile...

[Somebody Else]

[SundancerKid]

Bones: It's LIFE Jim, but not as we know it.

[Mud sailor]

alleged spy photo of BMWO testing skin friction reducing devices

[sirfin]

New study shows economic recession stimulates growth.

[storm petrel]

Alien vs Predator vs Keel Growth: Hitting stores in December

[kevlar®]

This has my vote for winner. (scratches head) I don't think I've ever seen that on old floating docks.

Let me look up some Ghostbusters quotes.. be right back.

[swan70]

It's alive!

[piradical]

First I thought, maybe a shovel? then more like a jack hammer, then reality struck...
Caterpiller D9

[thefuture]

You should see the rest of the pictures..... From different angles i still don't know what the hell that stuff is.

http://beneteau235.c...opic.php?t=4070

[wacket]

knot so fast...

[thefuture]

Anyone care to guess or study what all this is?

[Zipped]

When the boat in question was pulled out of the water, the protest committee unanimously agreed to disqualify the boat under rule 53.



53 SKIN FRICTION
A boat shall not eject or release a substance, such as a polymer, or
have specially textured surfaces that could improve the character of
the flow of water inside the boundary layer.

[thefuture]

It's alien semen!

[lost sailor]

Man, when i first looked it was like What is It... hadn't dosed in years! but that's one fucked up "FlashBack!"
Like running out on "Space" in Louisville " scary real scary! then bootstrap and davy jones came to mind but was beat to the puntch then relized it looked like last fri nites dinner revisited! anyway i look at it, it looks FUGLY!

[sailsandsales]

since a canting keel is illegal in the class, a creative owner trained sealife to shift sides of the keel when he changed tacks to aid in righting movement.

[Heynoose]

In need of a Brazilian.

[Bsquared]

I think it's just very large freshly dead anemones. I have seen impresively large examples in Puget Sound (but not dead). I have a wild guess that WHATEVER it is, it's going to smell unbeliveably bad very soon...

[Crabalocker]

Anyone care to guess or study what all this is?

Good God, Fella!

Haven't you ever seen ooozing KEELPUS?

[_Vegas_]

"Part of the Ship, Part of the Crew"

Definite top five!!

[_Vegas_]

MARINE GROWTH! It's what's for Dinner!

[Martin Richomme]

I didn't know a keel could grow some balls ?!

[Teufim24]

I was wondering where I had misplaced my testicles, along with about 500 other people. Eeewwww.

[Kaptainkriz]

LoL! Full Reef +1

Eco-Reefing System^TM, from Beneteau.

[MadMurf]

Ya see, shit IS tapered at both ends, Brit!

[digimikek]

A rare glimpse into Ernesto's dream of the Deed of Gift for the Challenger of Record.

[F-18 5150]

Genital Keel Warts from entering too many loose slips.
Its a Ship Transmitted Disease(STD).

[Dixie]

Please tell me it's off the front page now. I can't look until I know it's down.

[Student_Driver]

Dear ChuckN,

Why do you think we've not removed the Keel Shoe.....

Regards,
JD

[Wattie]

Doug has finally perfected his octo foiling portstarboardbowstern wanding 3 times the wind speed peoples foiling keel boat.

It is far to technical for you to understand, so dont ask any questions.

[210 or 207]

Now we know what Chuck was after Julien about...and why the templates and rules are a secret

[Novy1]

This one is a beauty! A Beneteau 235 that clearly has missed a few bottom cleanings..Would the anarchist who sent this in please get back to us - we lost your info! Let's make this a Caption Contest - we have some cool shirts from our friends at Ocean Trek Adventures for the best five. Have fun!

musselor dystrophy.