wing keel ericson 38

In looking at The 38 foot Models from 1980-1989 I found one with a 4'11" draft that says wing keel. Is this some sort of modification? Thanks.

In the specs on this site I see a shoal keel at 4'11" and a wing keel at 5'0". I would imagine this is the latter and the ad is wrong. The difference is only 1 inch anyway.

add-on wings

My '87 38' was built with the 4'11" shoal keel, and all documentation states that as the draft. However, it has wings that the dealer in Noank, CT, installed on several boats before delivery by bolting a large casting onto the bottom edge of the keel. It increased the draft to about 5'6", but this increase didn't appear to be reflected on any of those boats' documents when we were shopping for ours.

The add-on weighs about 900#, so it made the boat much stiffer. Several years ago I bought line drawings from BKYD, and the keel drawings appear to include this added-on wing so I'm guessing that the design came from that office.

E28 14" Reducction Bulb

Here are the PDF's dipicting how my boat was customized with a 14" ruduction in draft by Mars Metals in 1994

View attachment ericson 28 bulb.pdfView attachment ericson 28 bulb2.pdf

Wow!

Thanks Much!
I would imagine that today's delivered price would be about double, at least.
Lead is very expensive and so is diesel to haul it around.
Quite a bargain you have.


LB