Posted by Laurence Monkhouse on November 15, 2005 at 08:06:04 from 80.3.128.6 user Laurence_.
In Reply to: Re: Centreplates of pre-war dinghies posted by JLabaree on November 14, 2005 at 22:18:01:
I was speaking of what you call the thing.
Certainly when you are sailing you treat a dagger board much as you would treat a fixed keel. Personally I would try to avoid hitting a granite ledge at full tilt with a swinging centreplate as well - there would still be a high chance of damaging something.
One purpose of navigation is to avoid hitting anything at full tilt.