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I think on mechanical, just like a rudder, you should build a centerboard like you mean it. 
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() That may sound trite, but I've owned 2 cb'ers. There's no getting around the added complications in a centerboard arrangement. And it's expensive to build one well so I think it's an area that can be skimped on by the builder.
I think they're still the best compromise if shoal draft is the objective. I'm on a 10 year pennant replacement schedule and the last one looked like new. Plus I changed out the pivot pin a couple years ago, and that looked like new. But I don't mind, the idea of any sort of failure from the centerboard is too nasty to risk. 
Messages In This Thread
- keel/centerboard?
- No expert, but ...
- Unlike a daggerboard on a dinghy, it's not an all or nothing thing with a keel/centerboard.
- A keel/centerboard sailboat is the perfect design.
- a differenht perspective
- I think on mechanical, just like a rudder, you should build a centerboard like you mean it.
- I think on mechanical, just like a rudder, you should build a centerboard like you mean it.
- a differenht perspective
- Our CB Tartan 40 ...
- Not a big thing
