Sailing the Wadden Sea
Old traditional ships sail the Wadden Sea between Friesland and the Wadden Islands. Most ships are provided with leeboards.
A leeboard is a part of a sailboat that does not use a keel against drift (moving the boat sideways). A leeboard is movable and replaces a keel. A leeboard is generally not weighted and does not have the function of counterweight which is the case with a A centreboard can be lowered in the middle of the boat.
It was common on so-called small play yachts around the turn of the 19th to 20th century, but was otherwise not often applied due to practical objections such as loss of space in hold or cabin, difficult accessibility for operation and maintenance, and -not unimportantly- higher costs.
In the early 21st century, centreboards are used more often again in larger cabin sailing yachts. In those yachts, the 'daggerboard box' can remain under the cabin floor, so the daggerboard construction does not affect the interior plan.
The advantages of a centreboard are: falling dry on tidal waters, sailing shallower coasts and rivers with a yacht that can also be used to cross the ocean, no longer being so strictly tied to the time of high water when entering a tidal harbour, and on wider courses, less resistance in the water due to the retrieval of the centreboard.sailing yacht.
Sailing the Wadden Sea
Old traditional ships sail the Wadden Sea between Friesland and the Wadden Islands. Most ships are provided with leeboards.
A leeboard is a part of a sailboat that does not use a keel against drift (moving the boat sideways). A leeboard is movable and replaces a keel. A leeboard is generally not weighted and does not have the function of counterweight which is the case with a A centreboard can be lowered in the middle of the boat.
It was common on so-called small play yachts around the turn of the 19th to 20th century, but was otherwise not often applied due to practical objections such as loss of space in hold or cabin, difficult accessibility for operation and maintenance, and -not unimportantly- higher costs.
In the early 21st century, centreboards are used more often again in larger cabin sailing yachts. In those yachts, the 'daggerboard box' can remain under the cabin floor, so the daggerboard construction does not affect the interior plan.
The advantages of a centreboard are: falling dry on tidal waters, sailing shallower coasts and rivers with a yacht that can also be used to cross the ocean, no longer being so strictly tied to the time of high water when entering a tidal harbour, and on wider courses, less resistance in the water due to the retrieval of the centreboard.sailing yacht.