I am running into some areas where my centerboard on our 23.5 is hitting the bottom . Whats the consensus on having the board partially down ?
shallow water sailing
- Thread starter mmsailor
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A centerboard has no ballast and its sole function is to help the boat steer into the intended course by minimizing lateral drift. It should be perfectly safe to operate the boat with the centerboard all the way retracted or partially retracted.
In fact you should raise the center board when sailing down wind to reduce water drag!!!
welcome to gunkholing
welcome to gunkholing
Gunk holing which many to include me have done. One thing to mention though with the board partially up, you will slip sideways more but in light to moderate winds is ok but concerned with heavy wind when the boat is heeling and slipping a lot.