Canting keel

A canting keel is a form of sailing ballast, suspended from a rigid canting strut beneath the boat, which can be swung to windward of a boat under sail, in order to counteract the heeling force of the sail. The canting keel must be able to pivot to either port or starboard, depending on the current tack.

Purpose and history

The traditional yacht keel performs four functions:

The traditional fin keel, pointing straight down from the boat, provides no righting moment when the boat is level. The heeling force of the wind on the sails is therefore not counteracted until the boat has heeled over by a certain amount, moving the fixed keel to windward of the centerline. The purpose of the canting keel is to allow the boat to sail closer to level which generates maximum speed, by swinging the keel to windward and developing an adequate righting moment to keep the boat's angle of heel closer to level.

CBTF (High school)

CBTF (Centro de Bachillerato Tecnologico Forestal is a chain of Mid to high-level Schools since these schools offer programs to upgrade the regular degree to a technical-professional level (In Mexico known as "Preparatoria") in 4 States.

All CBTF jointly with all CBTA high schools are part of the Technical school of the DGETA, and are dependent of Secretaría de Educación Pública of Mexico.

Location

There are 6 CBTF in Mexico.

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