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n. - A removable centerplank on a small sailboat that can be lowered into the water to serve as a keel.

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  • Green Dragon was the worst affected, suffering a damaged daggerboard when a line sawed into it.
  • On landing they they found that one of the rudders had sheared off and part of a daggerboard and the bowsprit were gone.
  • Besides some broken sails, they suffered a huge wipe out, breaking a rudder, daggerboard and bowsprit, and shredding their spinnaker in the process.
  • It gave the shore crew time to make some serious improvements to the boat including new daggerboard bearings which we hope will improve the underwater hydrodynamics.
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