centreboard

British

/ ˈsɛntəˌbɔːd /

noun

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

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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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We will now plank the centreboard trunk, and this should be done with care, as there is nothing more annoying and troublesome than a leaky trunk.

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