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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

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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