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    A centreboard or centerboard (US) is a retractable hull appendage which pivots out of a slot in the hull of a sailboat, known as a centreboard trunk (UK)...
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    A daggerboard is a retractable centreboard used by various sailing craft. While other types of centreboard may pivot to retract, a daggerboard slides...
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    mounted in pairs on each side of a hull, leeboards function much like a centreboard, allowing shallow-draft craft to ply waters fixed keel boats cannot....
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  • Nationality 2015 present Centreboard 470 470 World Championships Fleet Open – 1970 1984 annually no longer held Centreboard 470 470 World Championships...
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    rigging, engine, transmission, propeller), or controls (helm, rudder, centreboard, daggerboards, rigging). Similarly, after a dismasting, a replacement...
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  • keel with a retractable centreboard. It displaces 882 lb (400 kg). The boat has a draft of 4.76 ft (1.45 m) with the centreboard extended and 1.48 ft (0...
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    Smooth curve hulls are hulls that use, just like the curved hulls, a centreboard, or an attached keel.[citation needed] Semi round bilge hulls are somewhat...
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    in the country to which the challenging and defending clubs belong. Centreboard or sliding keel vessels are allowed with no restrictions nor limitations...
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  • weighted bulb, or an optional stub keel with a bottom beaching plate, centreboard and twin rudders to allow it to remain upright when beached. The fin...
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    and a stub keel with a centreboard. It displaces 2,348 lb (1,065 kg). The boat has a draft of 4.00 ft (1.22 m) with the centreboard extended and 1.50 ft...
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    killing prey. The submerged dorsal sail would have provided a strong centreboard-like counterforce for powerful sidewards movements of the strong neck...
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    five essential controls: the sails the foils (i.e. the daggerboard or centreboard and rudder and sometimes lifting foils as found on the Moth) the trim...
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    Bitts Boom brake Bow Bowsprit Cable Capstan Cathead Carpenter's walk Centreboard Chains Cockpit Companionway Crow's nest Daggerboard Deck Figurehead Forecastle...
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  • rudders controlled by a tiller and a fixed stub keel with a retractable centreboard. It displaces 2,745 lb (1,245 kg) empty and carries 661 lb (300 kg) of...
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  • The European championships in sailing are a series of sailing championships in Europe organized or sanctioned by the European Sailing Federation (EUROSAF)...
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    comment that designing a multihull is similar to designing an aircraft. A centreboard or daggerboard is retractable lightweight keel which can be pulled up...
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    49er FX Finn IQFoil Laser Standard Laser Radial Nacra 17 World Sailing centreboard classes 29er 420 505 B14 Byte Cadet Contender Enterprise Europe Fireball...
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  • sail from place to place, but could lower their masts and raise their centreboards, allowing mules to tow them through canals. The design allowed their...
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  • weighs 500 kilograms. The draft can vary, depending on whether it has a centreboard, between 0.55 and 1.15 meters. The mainsail has a surface area of 11...
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    reason being that a centreboard/keel is not needed for sailing downwind and simply adds to the drag of the hull. Raising the centreboard reduces drag and...
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    Moth class of racing dinghy. These boats have a T-shaped rudder and centreboard that generates sufficient lift to clear the hull from the water. When...
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  • the wheelhouse. It has a fixed stub fin keel and a retractable steel centreboard. It displaces 17,637 lb (8,000 kg) and carries 5,000 lb (2,268 kg) of...
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    gaff rigged, though Bermuda rig is also used. Most are fitted with a centreboard, although some have a keel. The hull can be 3.7 to 12.2 metres (12 to...
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    sailboats can normally be righted by standing or pulling down on the centreboard, daggerboard (or bilgeboard in a scow) to lift the mast clear of the...
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    make a compact package. Racing dinghies usually have a daggerboard or centreboard to better sail upwind. The trunk is in the middle of what would otherwise...
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  • This is a List of World Championships medalists in sailing in centreboard classes. World Championships in Sailing ISAF Sailing World Championships World...
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    draft keel or optionally a centreboard. It displaces 500 lb (227 kg) and carries 135 lb (61 kg) of ballast. The centreboard version has a draft of 4.00 ft...
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    type marconi without boom and the peculiarity of not having rudder nor centreboard. The steering of the boat is carried out with the movement and distribution...
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    In general, they had no keel, stempost, or sternpost. They did have centreboards, and a watertight bulkhead to strengthen the hull, which added great...
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  • 1962 Triumph Herald sailboat, updated with a collapsible mast and a centreboard keel, Hammond creates another houseboat out of a second 1981 Volkswagen...
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