Herv,
Well, besides having a very truncated sailing season last year, I'm very satisfied with my swing keel from Foss Foam (in Fl) and the installation. Last year was extremely busy with "higher priorities" around the house (new furnace, flooring..) and at work, making the START of the sailing season for me delayed until late October and hauling out in December. It was worth it !! So, yes, I know how work on the boat can be OBE (overcome by events) sometimes. I've been working on mine for ~4 yrs now. I'm doing it in stages: "to trailer worklist", then "to sail worklist", and someday "to overnight worklist",
One thing about last year's sailing: there was not much traffic out on Fishers Is Sound or Long Is Sound to contend with.
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Charlie