Keel information

The keel is the bottom-most longitudinal structural element on a watercraft. On some sailboats, it may have a hydrodynamic and counterbalancing purpose...

KEEL (710 AM, "101.7 FM & 710 KEEL") is an American radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. Licensed to Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, the...

Harold Clifford Keel (April 13, 1919 – November 7, 2004), professionally Howard Keel, was an American actor and singer known for his rich bass-baritone...

Laying the keel or laying down is the formal recognition of the start of a ship's construction. It is often marked with a ceremony attended by dignitaries...

Keeler may refer to: 2261 Keeler, asteroid Keeler, California, USA Keeler Township, Michigan, USA Keeler, Saskatchewan, Canada Keeler (lunar crater),...

A bilge keel is a nautical device used to reduce a ship's tendency to roll. Bilge keels are employed in pairs (one for each side of the ship). A ship...

Keelhauling (Dutch kielhalen; "to drag along the keel") is a form of punishment and potential execution once meted out to sailors at sea. The sailor was...

Keel depth (sometimes given as Depth to keel) is the depth (or draft) of water from the water surface to the keel of a vessel, the deepest part. The keel...

In the human skull, a sagittal keel, or sagittal torus, is a thickening of part or all of the midline of the frontal bone, or parietal bones where they...

The false keel was a timber, forming part of the hull of a wooden sailing ship. Typically 6 inches (15 cm) thick for a 74-gun ship in the 19th century...

A bulb keel is a keel, usually made with a high aspect ratio foil, that contains a ballast-filled bulb at the bottom, usually teardrop shaped. The purpose...

The fin keel is a stationary foil positioned amidships and projecting downwards under the hull of a sailing vessel. A fin keel is relatively short in a...

A keel cooler is a type of internal combustion engine cooling system used in marine engines. In this system, engine coolant is circulated through a system...

A keel block, in marine terms, is a concrete or dense wood cuboid that rests under a ship during a time of repair, construction, or in the event of a dock...

The winged keel is a sailboat keel layout first fitted on the 12-metre class yacht Australia II, 1983 America's Cup winner. This layout was adopted by...

Philipp Keel (*1968) is a Swiss artist, author, filmmaker and publisher. Philipp Keel studied piano at Berklee College of Music in Boston and directing...

John Alva Keel, born Alva John Kiehle (March 25, 1930 – July 3, 2009), was an American journalist and influential ufologist who is known best as author...

Keelings is a major produce grower and distributor operating at St Margaret's, north of Dublin, Ireland. The Keeling family began growing fruit in 1926...

Look up keels in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Keels may refer to: Keels, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Paul Keels (21st century), play-by-play...

Gastropholis prasina, the green keel-bellied lizard, is a species of lizard belonging to the family Lacertidae. This species is native to areas in the...

Estonian (eesti keel [ˈeːsʲti ˈkeːl] ) is a Uralic language belonging to the Finnic branch of the family and the official language of Estonia. It is written...

Twin keels or bilge keels are two keels that emerge at an angle from the hull of a sailboat (and some ships), at or near the bilge. The angle allows the...

A suspension keel is an extension pylon to the bodywork of single-seat, open wheel racing cars designed with a raised nose cone, to allow the lower suspension...