Why does a boat need a skeg? Does a keel provide much drag? I think that the keel keeps your boat from fliping over when hit with a cross wind, also the keel helps your boat go in a straight line. Around here a fairly common type of boat is called a 'jon boat' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_boat but since most of them are flat bottomed I hear that it is easy for the boat to travel side ways (like a race car drifting) to prevent the boat from drifting people use v bottomed jon boats Why would a person only want to have 1 keel? In some cases do they have more than two keels, and if so why?

I am glad that you included pictures in your last broadcast...I like being able to see what you are talking about?

I was thinking that perhaps you might go to wordpress.com to recieve a free internet page (maby you will call yourself an international pirate) And you can write about your swashbuckeling adventures, meanwhile while visiting your internet page people could have the option to purchase goods (for example you can go to amazon.com and scrool down to the bottom of the page and click on become an affiliate, and every time someone buys something from your site...then amazon will do all the hard stuff and they will pay you a 'finders fee') On your website you could advertise swords, hooks, peg legs, and eye patches. A person can be an affiliate for all kinds of stores, maby you will get involved in the fishing tackle business?