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    Understanding Boat Design 55 PDF

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    This document discusses different types of centerboards and their advantages and disadvantages. It summarizes that: 1) Most cruisers think centerboards are too much trouble to adjust frequently for sailing and they require a hole in the boat's bottom which can cause problems. 2) Some boats have two centerboards - a larger forward board to reduce leeway and a smaller aft board for trim, but this doubles the potential issues with boards jamming or needing maintenance. 3) Bilge boards are set on each side of the centerline to eliminate the center trunk, but still have disadvantages of twin boards like increased risk of jamming.

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    This document discusses different types of centerboards and their advantages and disadvantages. It summarizes that: 1) Most cruisers think centerboards are too much trouble to adjust frequently for sailing and they require a hole in the boat's bottom which can cause problems. 2) Some boats have two centerboards - a larger forward board to reduce leeway and a smaller aft board for trim, but this doubles the potential issues with boards jamming or needing maintenance. 3) Bilge boards are set on each side of the centerline to eliminate the center trunk, but still have disadvantages of twin boards like increased risk of jamming.

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    This document discusses different types of centerboards and their advantages and disadvantages. It summarizes that: 1) Most cruisers think centerboards are too much trouble to adjust frequently for sailing and they require a hole in the boat's bottom which can cause problems. 2) Some boats have two centerboards - a larger forward board to reduce leeway and a smaller aft board for trim, but this doubles the potential issues with boards jamming or needing maintenance. 3) Bilge boards are set on each side of the centerline to eliminate the center trunk, but still have disadvantages of twin boards like increased risk of jamming.

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    Understanding Boat Design 55 PDF

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    This document discusses different types of centerboards and their advantages and disadvantages. It summarizes that: 1) Most cruisers think centerboards are too much trouble to adjust frequently for sailing and they require a hole in the boat's bottom which can cause problems. 2) Some boats have two centerboards - a larger forward board to reduce leeway and a smaller aft board for trim, but this doubles the potential issues with boards jamming or needing maintenance. 3) Bilge boards are set on each side of the centerline to eliminate the center trunk, but still have disadvantages of twin boards like increased risk of jamming.

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    FIGURE 4-4 Most cmising men and women think the center-

    Bulb keel variations. (From Ted Brewer Explains Sailboat board is too much trouble because it must be
    Design, by Ted Brewer. International Marine, 1985) adjusted frequently when sailing if it is to be effective,
    and because it requires a hole in the bottom of the

    H&-*. vJtOTH ^BO\AT boat —an area of possible (probable!) trouble. The
    slot for the board may become jammed with rocks or
    barnacles. It is also awkward to paint, a source of

    leaks, and a home for teredos (wood-boring marine


    organisms) on wooden yachts. Another problem is
    that the centerboard trunk usually runs smack down
    the middle of the main cabin, effectively cutting the

    accommodations in two.

    A few yachts sport two centerboards, a large board


    forward and a smaller one aft. The forward board is

    used primarily to reduce leeway, and the aft board is

    used for trim. The helm can be balanced by raising

    V^eE-i- Ti p •

    S\-i/:>.PE.i> - vImiqa m g>E^T 7 one board and lowering another to shift the center of

    lateral plane. This is particularly handy when sails are

    reefed because the change in the center of effort

    caused by reefing can be balanced by adjusting the


    boards. Of course, there are now two boards that can
    jam, two slots to paint, and two pendants that can
    BUl-B V^etU \//\GlAT"lO'4S>
    break.

    Bilge Boards and Leeboards


    Munroe was developing his Presto sharpie style of

    husky centerboarders (Figure 4-6). These handsome Bilge boards are simply dual boards set each side

    cruisers boasted as little as 32 -inch draft on a length of the cenlerlme. They are usually of high-aspect

    of 40 feet and proved to be both fast and seaworthy. ratio, and set at an angle so the leeward board is \'er-

    Although the pure centerboard cruiser has fallen out tical when the boat is heeled. They can be as)Tnmetri-
    of favor, it still hasmuch to offer the sailor. cally shaped to improve efficiency as well. This t)'pe

    The Prestos, and many other centerboarders, use a of board eliminates the centerline trunk, and the
    long, slab-sided board, because it is economical, bilge-board trunks are set into the settee fronts,

    strong, and simple to build. However, it is not nearly which avoids splitting up the accommodations. Still,

    as effective as a streamlined centerboard of high- bilge boards have most of the disadvantages of twin
    aspect ratio, which provides much more lift for its boards, although they are not so prone to jam with
    area and is the only choice for a high-performance rocks or mud since they sit higher in the hull. In any
    yacht. The high-aspect-ratio board does strain the event, they are not popular.

    trunk and hull more than the older-style centerboard, Leeboards (Figure 4-8) are similar to bilge boards
    so it must be very carefully designed. but are hung outside the hull. The value of this

    I^TERAL Pl^NE

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