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Winged keel of Australia II. The Winged Keel is a sailboat keel originally designed by Ben Lexcen and made its first appearance on the 12-metre class yacht Australia II in the 1983 America's Cup.Along with Australia II's efficient sail design, this keel was one of the factors contributing to Australia II's success.inged keels are generally found on high performance sailboats, if they are not prohibited by class rules. They are only of benefit for yachts sailing upwind where stability and the ability to produce side force are important and if the draft is limited by the class rule.
Location: sausalito. Posts: 7,256. the best keel anchor ever made was a wing keel. my experience is that when you go aground in mud, you can forget about kedging a wing keel off. other disadvantage was getting the yard to paint the bottom of the keel, since the boat would be sitting on it in the stands.n my mind the advantage of a wing keel is the shallow draft. Since most cruising sailing is done off the wind, the wing will be as fast as the deeper keel version on the same boat. The disadvantage is they are often shaped like a bruce anchor and will be harder to get off in a soft grounding.