NOUN
- a removable centerboard on a small sailboat that can be lowered into the water to serve as a keel
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- Jon and Ben managed to roll over the top at the start of the run, but overstood the finish and let Andy and Tom through, until a broken daggerboard cost them the race. Sail-World.com USA Latest News
- Late last week, Kingfisher hit a submerged object and damaged her daggerboard.
- The board needs little preparation since once the skeg is attached only the daggerboard has to be slid into its case.
- Contrary to popular belief, the daggerboard or centerboard does not keep the sailboat from tipping over.
- In the first race, it was a bit tricky - after the start people were not sure about planing with daggerboard, but I believed in going planing and until the end of the first upwind it paid off," recounted Mashiah. ISAF News
- It was not possible to hoist the daggerboard and a large area of carbon was now visible on the port side.
- We merely centred our weight over the daggerboards and shoved the tiller round to turn.
- Green Dragon was the worst affected, suffering a damaged daggerboard when a line sawed into it. Sail-World.com USA Latest News
- They reported that they dragged the long line for a while before finally cutting it, bringing nearly 10 metres on board and suspect there is some minor damage to the daggerboard which may require repair. Sail-World.com USA Latest News
- It gave the shore crew time to make some serious improvements to the boat including new daggerboard bearings which we hope will improve the underwater hydrodynamics. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed