Why does a sailboat keel fall off?

Published since 1974, Practical Sailor is the only independent product test report of sailboats, sailing equipment, and gear. They’re also good at asking hard question such as why keels fall off a sailboat.

In this video, they look at sailboat accidents and groundings leading to keel failure of bolt on keels and discuss the pros and cons of encapsulated keels versus bolt on keels siting keel failures like Cheeky Rafiki, the Beneteau 40.7 that tragically lost her keel in one of the most publicized sailboat capsize accidents.