DSK wrote:
Joe wrote:

.... I disagree
with Doug assertion that a board is only good for round the bouy
racing. He must be thinking of a dagger board not full keel board like
on RedCloud.


Umm, no, I was thinking of a big heavy full keeled boat like Oriole.

Centerboards were common on the large racing schooners & cutters up to
the 1930s. These boats had quite a bit of salient keel anyway, but the
CB helped reduce leeway in lighter winds. Some had two CBs to adjust the
balance under sail.


... Infact with the board down rounding the bouys would be
slower.


Really? In most CB boats, having the board down helps the boat pivot in
turns.

... The board all the way down is best to help head futher upwind


Do you mean to point higher or to reduce leeway?

and I raise it up to 1/3 down on a downwind run shifting the load aft
like the feather of an arrow keepin her straiter.


Why do you need it for that? Your boat has a skeg, right? Try hauling it
all the way up and heeling the boat to windward like racers do. Faster &
easier to steer unless the wave action is getting up.


BTW Joe comparing your boat to Oriole is like comparing my boat to the
Queen Mary. Totally different scale.

DSK

Anyway, the board has been gone for 80 years or so and she won the 2002
Vic-Maui. Nuff said!