- 1961. p. 168. Inca
seamen could tack and beat to
windward through the use of
wooden centerboards (guaras) set
between cracks in the log rafts. v t e...
-
Dinghy Dinghy sailing Dinghy racing Leeboard Skeg "What's the deal with
Centerboards?".
Sailing Soulianis. 21
March 2020.
Retrieved March 10, 2022. "The Equipment...
- A junk (Chinese: 船; pinyin: chuán) is a type of
Chinese sailing ship with
fully battened sails.
Similar junk
sails were also
adopted by
other East Asian...
- The
first bombing was
later codenamed Operation Centerboard I, and the second,
Operation Centerboard II. The 509th
Composite Group had an
authorized strength...
- into the wind too far) or
tripping over the
centerboard. It is
partly for this
second reason that
centerboards are
often lifted while sailing downwind even...
-
daggerboards from
other centerboards and
swingkeels is that
daggerboards are
easily removable, even when the boat is underway.
Centerboards and swingkeels, common...
- lift to
counteract the
leeward force of the wind.
Related foils include centerboards and daggerboards,
which do not have the
secondary purpose of
being a...
- 121 ft (37 m) on deck Beam 23 ft (7 m)
Draft 5 ft 9 in (1.8 m) (
centerboards up) 12 ft (3.7 m) (
centerboards down)
Notes Sail area is 4,800 sq ft (450 m2)...
- wind, so as to
prevent forward momentum building up. In a
centerboard boat the
centerboard will be
partially raised and the
tiller held down hard. For...
- the voyage. Tangaroa's
speed was
credited to the
proper use of
guaras (
centerboards). On
January 30, 2011, An-Tiki, a raft
modeled after Kon-Tiki, began...
