This may sound like a stupid question to some, but nonetheless I am confused. I am refinishing a Barrington board. I am ready to taper the trailing edge. I know the dimensions I need to adhere to but I can’t figure out which side is the front and which is the aft. Doah! I thought I knew but then I saw some things in the SF bible which made me think twice.
I thought the long edge was the front, and a couple of photos in the SF bible of the different boards seem to support this. The captions under the photos are somewhat vague though and only confuse me. Two of them even seem to contradict each other. Then I noticed several line drawings in the SF bible which show the short edge of the Barrington board forward. Although the board kind of looks like it would work better with the long edge forward, I remember reading somewhere that the SF daggerboard is designed to slide up the trunk if you run aground. In that case it looks like the short edge should be forward.
Maybe I’m just looking at this with way too much detail and missing the forest because of the trees. At any rate, I would really appreciate it if someone would set the record straight for me and tell me which edge, long or short, is the front edge on the Barrington style daggerboard. I’d like to get this board ready for our first race in two weeks because I’m sure it would be an improvement over the old round style board I currently use.
Thanks for the help!
I thought the long edge was the front, and a couple of photos in the SF bible of the different boards seem to support this. The captions under the photos are somewhat vague though and only confuse me. Two of them even seem to contradict each other. Then I noticed several line drawings in the SF bible which show the short edge of the Barrington board forward. Although the board kind of looks like it would work better with the long edge forward, I remember reading somewhere that the SF daggerboard is designed to slide up the trunk if you run aground. In that case it looks like the short edge should be forward.
Maybe I’m just looking at this with way too much detail and missing the forest because of the trees. At any rate, I would really appreciate it if someone would set the record straight for me and tell me which edge, long or short, is the front edge on the Barrington style daggerboard. I’d like to get this board ready for our first race in two weeks because I’m sure it would be an improvement over the old round style board I currently use.
Thanks for the help!