centreboard

/ ˈsɛntəˌbɔːd /

noun

1. a supplementary keel for a sailing vessel, which may be adjusted by raising and lowering Compare daggerboard

Example Sentences

The place was brightly lighted by a nickelled lamp, though it was scarcely four feet high and the centreboard trunk occupied the middle of it.

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As they sailed toward it, with Billy Barlow at the wheel, he asked Will Rogers how it happened that he had been trying to sail close hauled with his centreboard up.

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Take up the flooring and give the inside of your boat a couple of good coats of paint, devoting particular attention to the centreboard trunk where it joins the keelson.

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It is fitted with a centreboard, and is an excellent cruising craft.

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The centreboard is of the "dagger" pattern so commonly seen in the small bateau and skiff on the Shrewsbury River and vicinity.

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