You
must leave the wing keel or you can flip your boat.
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getting stuck in the mud as it can be extremely difficult to get out of
I buried my wing keel in hard mud by surprise.
I thought we were going to need a tow to pull it out.
Nope...
I let gravity and buoyancy do its work. Waited about 5 minutes and the boat pulled itself out of the "Stuck"
You can help by moving people aft.
Note: the wing keel has a torpedo like point that at first, sticks it.
Next steps:
1) Rudder set amidships so it has no resistance to reversing course
2) Reverse engine, slow speed, and wait. High RPMs will tend to put bow down.
3) It may take a few minutes in reverse.
4) Don't move your rudder until free.