Definition of Centreboard. Meaning of Centreboard. Synonyms of Centreboard

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Definition of Centreboard

Centreboard
Centerboard Cen"ter*board`, Centreboard Cen"tre*board,, n. (Naut.) A movable or sliding keel formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast of the United States

Meaning of Centreboard from wikipedia

- A centreboard or centerboard (US) is a retractable hull appendage which pivots out of a slot in the hull of a sailboat, known as a centreboard trunk (UK)...
- A daggerboard is a retractable centreboard used by various sailing craft. While other types of centreboard may pivot to retract, a daggerboard slides...
- -being metal- have the secondary purpose of being a counterweight, and centreboards and daggerboards, which are of lighter weight, do not have the secondary...
- mounted in pairs on each side of a hull, leeboards function much like a centreboard, allowing shallow-draft craft to ply waters fixed keel boats cannot....
- rigging, engine, transmission, propeller), or controls (helm, rudder, centreboard, daggerboards, rigging). Similarly, a jury mast is a replacement mast...
- 470 (Four-Seventy) is a double-handed monohull planing dinghy with a centreboard, Bermuda rig, and centre sheeting. Equipped with a spinnaker, trapeze...
- Smooth curve hulls are hulls that use, just like the curved hulls, a centreboard, or an attached keel.[citation needed] Semi round bilge hulls are somewhat...
- does – using an extendable centreboard (if available) and fin or skeg for stability and lateral resistance. The centreboard is retracted at broad points...
- The European championships in sailing are a series of sailing championships in Europe organized or sanctioned by the European Sailing Federation (EUROSAF)...
- five essential controls: The sails The foils (i.e. the daggerboard or centreboard and rudder and sometimes lifting foils as found on the Moth) The trim...