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- noun Plural form of
daggerboard .
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Examples
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Some of these boats, such as the Hobie 14, the Hobie 16, and the various sizes of Prindles, have no daggerboards.
Sailing Fundamentals Gary Jobson 1998
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On some boats with daggerboards you can stand on the board to get more leverage.
Sailing Fundamentals Gary Jobson 1998
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Some of these boats, such as the Hobie 14, the Hobie 16, and the various sizes of Prindles, have no daggerboards.
Sailing Fundamentals Gary Jobson 1998
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On some boats with daggerboards you can stand on the board to get more leverage.
Sailing Fundamentals Gary Jobson 1998
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Behind them Armel Le Cléac'h (Brit Air) has seen many of his hard won miles evaporating in light winds, while Sam Davies (Roxy) has been battling with massive fronds of kelp, which have regularly attacked her daggerboards.
YBW News 2009
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Many incidents in Leg 7 and 8, daggerboards broken.
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The crew had to swap daggerboards in order to make good the damage.
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'We snapped one of our daggerboards, the boards which prevent the boat from slipping sideways,' explained skipper Bouwe Bekking.
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