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daggerboard
[ dag-er-bawrd, -bohrd ]
noun
Nautical.
- a removable board on a small sailboat, typically of small dimension fore and aft, lowered into the water through a trunk to serve as a keel.
daggerboard
/ 藞诲忙伞蓹藢产蓴藧诲 /
noun
- a light bladelike board inserted into the water through a slot in the keel of a boat to reduce keeling and leeway Compare centreboard
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of daggerboard1
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When the boats are foiling, they鈥檙e riding only on the leeward daggerboard and both rudders.
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We tipped the boat again, and I swam around to grab the daggerboard.
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A single daggerboard鈥攚hich slides vertically through the keel to reduce sideways movement鈥攃osts hundreds of thousands of pounds.
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The Italian team dropped out of that race because of a damaged daggerboard.
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Artemis Racing sailed with a new daggerboard in the port hull.
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