 
Freeboard on the '99 wing-keel is at least 6" more than on the
centerboard model. Bob Bumala, another C250 owner, put it this way: "Yes
indeed the WK rides higher than the WB. Remember, of course, that fiberglass doesn't
float. Therefore a boat bouyed up by the weight of the volume of water it displaces. The
ballast tank of a WB, since it's filled with water, doesn't displace water, but the lack
of a tank on the WK does. The actual weight of the two boats is about the same, so the WB
boat needs to sit lower to displace the same amount of water. (Eurica!)" [Reader Beware! Others take issue with Bob's learned analysis]
Notice how much lower this '96 centerboard sits in the water.
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