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Small boat construction standards improved
06 Oct 2008
Over recent years, a number of small sailing vessels have lost their keels at sea; tragically occasionally involving loss of life. As a direct result, the European Boating Association (EBA), supported by the RYA (Royal Yachting Association) and ISAF (International Sailing Federation), have committed their organisations to ensuring that keel attachment, and hence the finalisation of ISO-12215-9, the new part of the standard, are seen as extremely high priorities.
A keel structures validation sub-group of ISO is headed up by Dr Robin Loscombe, in close collaboration with the convenor of the group, Gregoire Dolto from France. A number of leading yacht designers and yacht structural engineers have agreed to assist with this project and financial support is being provided by the EBA and ISAF.
The work will concentrate on evaluating keel support structure and the aim is to bring about a crucial industry standard to eliminate as far as possible structural weaknesses at either new build or subsequent refit for performance or rating optimisation.
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