Posted by Magnus Smith on January 26, 2015 at 03:19:56 user Magnus.
In Reply to: Re: Centreboard, was Inspirations for Ransome's Characters posted by John Wilson on January 25, 2015 at 03:10:11:
I'm not sure what coating they used to stop the iron rusting, or whether it was a subtly different metal/alloy?
Oscar G. fitted a wheel to 'Cochy', to make it easier to haul up the heavy metal plate. In the books, Peggy/Dot are commanded to simply yank it up and put the pin in.
Some modern dinghy classes, even racing ones, have aluminium centreplates, but wood/plastic is more common. Lumps of lead on the tip went out of (racing) fashion in the 1960s I believe.
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