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Fin Keel

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

A projection downward from the keel of a yacht resembling in shape the fin of a fish though often with a cigar shaped bulb of lead at the bottom and generally made of metal Its use is to ballast the boat and also to enable her to sail close to the wind and to make the least possible leeway by offering great resistance to lateral motion through the water

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