daggerboard

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Green Dragon was the worst affected, suffering a damaged daggerboard when a line sawed into it.

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  1. a removable centerboard on a small sailboat that can be lowered into the water to serve as a keel

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  • 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
  • Green Dragon was the worst affected, suffering a damaged daggerboard when a line sawed into it. —  Sail-World.com USA Latest News
  • 4 - Prepare the new runner, new daggerboard down, release a bit of mainsheet, keel released to leeward ... —  YBW News
  • Besides some broken sails, they suffered a huge wipe out, breaking a rudder, daggerboard and bowsprit, and shredding their spinnaker in the process. —  Sail-World.com USA Latest News
  • On landing they they found that one of the rudders had sheared off and part of a daggerboard and the bowsprit were gone. —  Sail-World.com USA Latest News
 

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