Re: Centreplates of pre-war dinghies


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Posted by Laurence Monkhouse on November 14, 2005 at 18:25:05 from 80.3.128.6 user Laurence_.

In Reply to: Re: Centreplates of pre-war dinghies posted by Andrew Craig-Bennett on November 14, 2005 at 12:48:10:

I wouldn't swear that the RNSA 14 was pre-war, but they always looked that way to me.

I've always loosely referred to a pivoted centreboard, wood or steel, as "the 'plate." Come to think of it,when I had a Mirror Dinghy I called the dagger board "the 'plate" as well. Everybody seemed to understand what I meant. Perhaps it is just my sloppy use of speech.

For what it is worth, the French don't distinguish between centreboards, centreplates and dagger boards - all are called "le Derive" They evidently don't think the difference is fundamental - nor do I!


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